Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clerk of the pipe

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.81 in modern English

Syllables: clerk of the pipe
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

1

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person employed by the English Exchequer and its successors to work in the pipe office maintaining the pipe rolls on which government income and expenditure were recorded.

Inflected Forms

clerks of the pipe (plural)

Questions

What does clerk of the pipe mean?: A person employed by the English Exchequer and its successors to work in the pipe office maintaining the pipe rolls on which government income and expenditure were recorded.

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