Caleb Quotem

noun

A parish clerk.

Meanings

nounCaleb Quotem (plural Caleb Quotems)

plural Caleb Quotems

  1. obsoleteslangA parish clerk.
  2. obsoleteslangA jack of all trades.

Origin

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

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Caleb Quotem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caleb%20Quotem

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Chicago

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