| 单词 | jack out of office |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJack out of office ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > one who does not work > [noun] > one who has been put out of office Jack out of officea1530 quondam1535 Jack out of service?1541 John-out-of-office1576 dischargee1894 a1530 T. Lupset tr. St. J. Chrysostom Serm. (1542) sig. Cv Whan thy authoritie cesseth, whan thou arte Iacke out of office, than shalt thou here innumerable defamers. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 175 For me nothing remaines: But long I will not be Iack out of Office . View more context for this quotation 1667 R. L'Estrange tr. F. de Quevedo Visions ii. 79 We should be but so many Jacks out of Office. 1711 Obed. to Civil Govt. clearly Stated 74 What then becomes of God's Minister..but as a Jack out of Office. 1836 Spectator 20 Aug. 799/2 Lyndhurst and his hungry crew of jacks out-of-office. 1897 Judy 14 Apr. 169/2 (stage direct.) Enter a string of Jacks-out-of-Office. < as lemmas |
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