harmans

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English

The old village stocks in Chapeltown, Lancashire, England.

Noun

harmans pl (plural only)

(obsolete, thieves' cant, plural only) The stocks (instrument of punishment)
(obsolete, thieves' cant) plural of harman (“policeman”)

Related terms

harman-beck

Anagrams

Rahmans, Sharman

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