Jamrach

plural Jamrachs

1. A dealer in exotic wild animals.

   A Jamrach today could purchase a million budgies and still find little difficulty in disposing of his stock.

   1976, Wilfrid Blunt, The ark in the park: the Zoo in the nineteenth century, page 54

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   Frequent allusions are made to a lady's pets, her lap-dog or her parrot […] In fact there were 'Jamrachs' then as now, and many of the bird shops were in St. Martin's Lane, […]

   1882, John Ashton, Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: Taken from Original Sources

   He was a veritable Jamrach, prepared to supply any wild animal the credulous traveller might fancy, but the non-appearance of the creatures at last excited Wilmot's suspicions, and he expressed them in suitable language.

   1905, Douglas Blackburn, Richard Hartley, Prospector, page 245

   As it stands the Society could lawfully carry on the business of a Jamrach, and introduce many more animals than required for educational purposes. The provision of elephants for riding is rather doubtful. Where is it to stop?

   1931, The Law Reports of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting