subs. (common).—1. A tippler. For synonyms, see LUSHINGTON.
2. (common).—A chamber-pot. For synonyms, see IT.
3. (nautical).—A steward.
4. (streets’).—A prostitute. For synonyms, see BARRACK-HACK and TART. [See quot., but possibly, also, from JERK OFF = to masturbate.]
1887. Walford’s Antiquarian, 252. A JERKER is a loose woman of the streets, and possibly comes from ‘jerk,’ to accost eagerly.
