Story Time 130 – In the pipe, five by five
The Final Word Cricket Podcast
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The History of Clerks
Jeff Yang: Why are clerks called Nobby? You know, like that's kind of a nickname. And I didn't get a clear read on this, but there are a few bits and bobs I was able to claim. There are some reports that clerks, because they dealt with pens all day, had calluses on their hand, thus knobs on their hand,. That's one interpretation. Another is that clerks had to dress smartly with top hats. Thus they dressed like knobs with the K,thus knobs. The other, the third, was that knobs of ink were found on their clothing, because not many people could write legibly. They would carry myriad
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