ticket porter
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "When a Ship from America arrives at one of the Keys, to be unladen, and the King's Weighers and Landwaiters are ready, a Tackle Porter and some Ticket Porters, set inmediately to work upon her, and land seven Draughts (Hogsheads, &c.) and none are permitted to partake of the Profits of unlading that Ship, but such as come before the seven Draughts are landed and weighed; this finish'd, the Tackle Porters present, chuse the Book, who takes an Account of the Quantities and Marks of each Person's Goods, and sees them put into Ware-houses or sent Home."