John Hancock

English 2016 October 8 thumb|A 1765 portrait of John Hancock (detail) by John Singleton Copley, collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA thumb|John Hancock's signature Etymology en American Revolution en American merchant and statesman John Hancock John Hancock (1737–1793), the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence. According to legend, he signed his name prominently to be sure George III could read it, causing his name to become an eponym for a signature. However, other examples show that Hancock always wrote his signature this way. Pronunciation en /dʒɒn ˈhænkɒk/ RP en /dʒɑn ˈhænkɑk/ /dʒɑn ˈhænkɔːk/ GA en en-us-John_Hancock.ogg GA en en-au-John Hancock.ogg AU en John Han cock Noun en Writing en US idiomatic A person's en signature Name. en Please put your John Hancock on the dotted line to close the deal. en Bates Harrington How 'tis Done: A Thorough Ventilation of the Numerous Schemes Conducted by Wandering Canvassers, together with the Various Advertising Dodges for the Swindling of the Public Chicago, Ill. Fidelity Pub. Co. 1879 63 https://books.google.com/books?id=CypJAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22his%20John%20Hancock%22&pg=PA64#v=onepage&q=%22his%20John%20Hancock%22&f=false 77314010 The man is pressed for his "John Hancock" with all the persuasiveness and eloquence of a practiced operator on masculine vanity. en w:Space Jam Burbank, Calif. w:Warner Home Video 1996 30:38 978-0-7907-2935-0 Can I have your auto—your John Hancock, please? en w:Dary Matera John Dillinger: The Life and Death of America's First Celebrity Criminal trade paperback New York, N.Y. w:Carroll & Graf Publishers 2005 36 https://books.google.com/books?id=9E1t-2ER7QcC&pg=PA36 978-0-7867-1558-9 Audrey and crew even squeezed frail grocer Frank Morgan, the victim, into adding his John Hancock to the parole petition. The cherry was getting Hanging Judge Joe Williams to sign on as well. en Zachary A. Goldfarb Treasury Secretary Jack Lew unveils new signature after quibbles with his scribble https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/treasury-secretary-jack-lew-unveils-new-signature-after-quibbles-with-his-scribble/2013/06/18/5c904a90-d858-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html w:The Washington Post 18 June 2013 [Jack] Lew is not the first Treasury secretary to change his John Hancock upon arrival at 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. https://web.archive.org/web/20201008004606/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/treasury-secretary-jack-lew-unveils-new-signature-after-quibbles-with-his-scribble/2013/06/18/5c904a90-d858-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html 8 October 2020 Translations signature German: de Friedrich Wilhelm m Verb en Writing en US transitive To sign; to write one's signature on (something). en 1944-10-21 Finally Billboard (magazine) The Billboard 56 43 kxoEAAAAMBAJ 22 23 John Hancocking Billy Rose inked his contract with AGVA this week and the document only needs the signature of Matt Shelvey, head of the union, to put it into effect. Altho the deal was made in mid-summer, John Hancocking by both sides is coming about only now. Related terms en Hancock placename See also en John Henry Further reading John Hancock John Hancock (the person)