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Beck - yes! Or perhaps a seamstress (or musician) called Singer.
Jackie, we found reference to the word in some online essays about Dickens, as well as in discussion about Martin Amis characters.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/sep/13/martinamis
Maybe it's British in origin?
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