This saying is an old slang term; possibly going back to the time when John Hancock (1737 [1736] - 1793), a merchant, stateman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution, as well as President of the Second Continental Congress, signed the Declaration of Independence with a large and stylish signature ( he did this so that King George III of Great Britain could read it without his spectacles ).. His name soon became a synonym for signature...This is what it means by "Sign your John Hancock".
I believe John Hancock was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. When someone tells you to sign your John Hancock, they mean to put your signature on what ever it is they are referring to.Write your signatureThat just means : to sign your name somewhere-- to put your signature on a piece of paper.This is an idiomatic expression meaning your own signature or mark.It immortalises the first signatory of the Declaration of Independence.
John Hancock (1737-1793) was president of the Second Continental Congress and therefore the first delegate to sign the Declaration of Independence. Today, when Americans say they are putting their "John Hancock" on something, they mean they are signing a document.
who was the 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th person to sign the declaration of independence?
John Hancock was the only one to sign on July 4, 1776.
He signed it in Philadelphia in 1787.
It means they want you to sign it.
To sign your John Hancock is to sign your signature on something
yes he did but he was really mean about it:);)
he meant that he would not sign or write a confession of something he knew he didn't do.
It just means that you sign it in large handwriting. John Hancock signed his name large enough for the king of England to read it without his spectacles on.
No John Jay did not sign the Declaration.
"Sign your John Hancock" is a phrase that means to physically write your signature on a document, similar to how an individual named John Hancock famously signed the Declaration of Independence with a large and bold signature.
each sign means the person whos sign it is. Jiimy and Roberts are custom made and John Paul and John Bonhams are picked from a book. None of the signs mean much, they were mostly for spirtual edge .... wickedness
The fabulous sport of softball was invented by a man named George Hankock on Thanksgiving day in Chicago in 1887.
John Hancock was the first to sign the United States Declaration of Independence - hence sign your John Hancock. Actually, John Hancock was not the first to sign, signed his name largest. He was the President of the Continental Congress, but not the first to sign.
I believe John Hancock was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. When someone tells you to sign your John Hancock, they mean to put your signature on what ever it is they are referring to.Write your signatureThat just means : to sign your name somewhere-- to put your signature on a piece of paper.This is an idiomatic expression meaning your own signature or mark.It immortalises the first signatory of the Declaration of Independence.
Because they aren't intelligent enough to sign their John Hancock