A turnkey. A jailor. A public executioner. A coroner's summoner.
"Why has thou me alone in langour left?
Delivering me unto this lockman Love."
Alexander Montgomerie, Miscellaneous Poems (1600).
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A daily calendar of the world's oldest professions
About Me
- Richard Voorhees
- Voorhees' unabridged dictionary of "The World's Oldest Professions" is available on Amazon and at http://www.rgvoorhees.com. Follow him on Twitter @richvoorhees.
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