Caleb Quotem

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English

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Etymology

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Name of a character in George Colman's play The Wags of Windsor.

Noun

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Caleb Quotem (plural Caleb Quotems)

  1. (slang, obsolete) A parish clerk.
  2. (slang, obsolete) A jack of all trades.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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