SIGNATURE
ADJECTIVES
► SIGNATURAL according to signatures → 1683
NOUNS
► ALEXANDER HAMILTON one’s signature → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CHRIST-CROSS a figure or mark of a cross; esp. a mark made in place of a signature by a person unable to write → 1440
► FAKEMENT a counterfeit or forged signature → 1811 sl.
► FINGER PRINT a signature, an endorsement → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► HAND handwriting; signature → 1877 Eng. dial.
► HANDWRIT handwriting; autograph; signature → c1200 obs.
► IDIOGRAPH one’s private mark or signature → 1656
► IQ one’s signature → 1967 Amer. dial., jocular usage
► JOHN BROWN one’s signature → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JOHN DOE one’s signature → 1950 Amer. dial.
► JOHN ESQUIRE one’s signature → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JOHN HANCOCK one’s signature → 1903 Amer. dial.
► JOHN HANDLE one’s signature → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JOHN HENRY a person’s signature → 1910 Amer. colloq.
► JOHN Q. one’s signature → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JOHN ROGERS one’s signature → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JOHN SMITH one’s signature → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JOHN WILLY one’s signature → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MARK one’s signature → 1950s Amer. sl.
► MAULEY ► MAULIE ► MAWLEY ► MORLEY the ‘hand’ that one writes; handwriting; the signature → 1851 sl.
► PAUL HENRY one’s signature → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PAUL JONES one’s signature → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PICTURE a signature → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SIG a signature → L19 sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► UNDERSUBSCRIBER one who signs a document, the undersigned → 1703 Sc. obs.
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