jacklegadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈdʒaklɛɡ/, U.S.

/ˈdʒækˌlɛɡ/

Forms: 1800s– jackleg, 1900s jacklaig (U.S. regional).

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Jack n.², blackleg n.

Etymology: Probably < Jack n.² (compare Jack n.² 2a) + -leg (in blackleg n.; compare blackleg n. 2).A suggested connection with jockteleg n. seems unlikely.

U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland) and colloquial.

A. adj. (attributive).

1. Of a lawyer, preacher, or other professional: lacking skills or training, incompetent; unscrupulous, dishonest. Also of a preacher (chiefly in African-American usage): itinerant. Cf. jack-legged adj. 1.

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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > awkward or inept

unrekena1325

untoward1557

unfeatya1586

unhappy1651

ungaina1657

unadept1830

jackleg1833

jack-legged1839

inapt1860

inadept1875

unpractical1890

raunchy1937

stumblebum1940

ham1941

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [adjective]

fraudulentc1430

fraudelous1483

impostorous?1549

empirical1588

quacksalving1607

imposterous1611

imposturous1611

impostrous1612

impostorious1623

mountebankish1660

jackleg1833

jack-legged1839

sharkish1844

spivvy1945

spivvish1948

1833 Arkansas Gaz. 3 July A jackleg lawyer, who is the cause of all the strife now existing in the Territory.

1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas xxviii. 284 These men were ‘jack-leg’ carpenters.

1943 R. Ottley New World A-Coming 86 The cultists were augmented by a number of herb doctors, clairvoyants, and ‘jackleg’ preachers.

1958 P. Oliver in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz i. 19 The wandering evangelists, and ‘Jack-leg’ preachers.

1971 T. B. Reagan Cross Purposes xx. 108 Her near dead from what that jackleg doctor done done to her.

2002 Washington Post (Nexis) 3 June (Final ed.) a14 It is disheartening to know that no matter how carefully I may plan my future, some jackleg lawyer can take control of my assets and health care.

2. Made or done hastily, clumsily, or unskilfully; shoddy, botched; makeshift, thrown-together. Cf. jack-legged adj. 2.

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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > unskilfully made or done

unslya1300

misframeda1450

mismadec1480

ill-fashioned1600

bungled1619

ill-turneda1637

blunderly1746

stickit1784

wall-eyed1847

craftless1905

jack-legged1907

jackleg1936

1936 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 9 June 3/1 The end of ‘Jack-leg’ plumbing in El Paso was seen today by authors of the proposed revised plumbing code.

1942 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 26 Nov. 14/6 I write news, editorials, advertisements..repair presses and linotype (jackleg repairing), splice belts.

1969 Gaz.-Tel. (Colorado Springs) 9 Sept. 7 a/6 There is no way to stop jackleg work at home.

1988 Atlantic Oct. 100/3 He did a jackleg job repairing the table.

2017 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 10 Aug. 1 b Allow me to offer a jackleg translation of the awkward insurance clause contained in the legislation.

B. n.

A professional, esp. a lawyer or preacher, who is incompetent, lacks skills or training, or behaves in an unscrupulous or dishonest way. Also (chiefly in African-American usage): an itinerant preacher.

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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > inaptitude or awkwardness > person

muff1819

muffin1830

jackleg1844

stumer1891

stumblebum1932

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun]

shondc725

faitoura1340

fob1393

trumper?c1450

feature14..

chuffera1500

prowler1519

truphane1568

cozener1575

cogger1580

pretender1583

impostor1586

mountebank1589

sycophant?1589

foolmonger1593

affronter1598

assumer1600

knight (also lord, man, etc.) of gingerbread1602

pettifogger1602

budgeter1603

quacksalver1611

empiric1614

putter-off?1615

quack1638

stafador1638

saltimbanco1646

adventurer1648

fourbe1668

shammer1677

imposer1678

charlatana1680

sham1683

cheat1687

hocus1692

gull1699

shamster1716

coal-blower1720

humbugger1752

gagger1781

fudge1794

humbug1804

potwalloper1820

twister1834

jackleg1844

fraud1850

bunyip1852

empiricist1854

Bayswater Captain1880

bluffer1888

putter-down1906

quandong1939

1844 N.Y. Herald 27 Dec. A poor pettifogging jack-leg of a lawyer.

1891 Harper's Mag. June 160/1 Once I was called a jack-leg and shyster.

1934 Z. N. Hurston Jonah's Gourd Vine x. 135 Here de pastor is. You ain't nothin' but uh jack-leg.

1954 V. Randolph Pissing in Snow (1976) xxvi. 43 That young jackleg ain't no good! Surely you ain't going to send him to represent us in Washington!

1980 V. Cunningham in J. L. Gwaltney Drylongso 221 One time the bukra preachuhs and they little black jacklegs said the moon was goin' to trickle away into blood.

2014 ‘M. K. Andrews’ Save Date xxiii. 156 The jacklegs we hired took six months, screwed it up so bad... We still can't use that shower.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jackleg
释义	jacklegadj.n. Brit. /ˈdʒaklɛɡ/, U.S. /ˈdʒækˌlɛɡ/ Forms: 1800s– jackleg, 1900s jacklaig (U.S. regional). Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Jack n.², blackleg n. Etymology: Probably < Jack n.² (compare Jack n.² 2a) + -leg (in blackleg n.; compare blackleg n. 2).A suggested connection with jockteleg n. seems unlikely. U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland) and colloquial. A. adj. (attributive). 1. Of a lawyer, preacher, or other professional: lacking skills or training, incompetent; unscrupulous, dishonest. Also of a preacher (chiefly in African-American usage): itinerant. Cf. jack-legged adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > awkward or inept unrekena1325 untoward1557 unfeatya1586 unhappy1651 ungaina1657 unadept1830 jackleg1833 jack-legged1839 inapt1860 inadept1875 unpractical1890 raunchy1937 stumblebum1940 ham1941 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [adjective] fraudulentc1430 fraudelous1483 impostorous?1549 empirical1588 quacksalving1607 imposterous1611 imposturous1611 impostrous1612 impostorious1623 mountebankish1660 jackleg1833 jack-legged1839 sharkish1844 spivvy1945 spivvish1948 1833 Arkansas Gaz. 3 July A jackleg lawyer, who is the cause of all the strife now existing in the Territory. 1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas xxviii. 284 These men were ‘jack-leg’ carpenters. 1943 R. Ottley New World A-Coming 86 The cultists were augmented by a number of herb doctors, clairvoyants, and ‘jackleg’ preachers. 1958 P. Oliver in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz i. 19 The wandering evangelists, and ‘Jack-leg’ preachers. 1971 T. B. Reagan Cross Purposes xx. 108 Her near dead from what that jackleg doctor done done to her. 2002 Washington Post (Nexis) 3 June (Final ed.) a14 It is disheartening to know that no matter how carefully I may plan my future, some jackleg lawyer can take control of my assets and health care. 2. Made or done hastily, clumsily, or unskilfully; shoddy, botched; makeshift, thrown-together. Cf. jack-legged adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > unskilfully made or done unslya1300 misframeda1450 mismadec1480 ill-fashioned1600 bungled1619 ill-turneda1637 blunderly1746 stickit1784 wall-eyed1847 craftless1905 jack-legged1907 jackleg1936 1936 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 9 June 3/1 The end of ‘Jack-leg’ plumbing in El Paso was seen today by authors of the proposed revised plumbing code. 1942 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 26 Nov. 14/6 I write news, editorials, advertisements..repair presses and linotype (jackleg repairing), splice belts. 1969 Gaz.-Tel. (Colorado Springs) 9 Sept. 7 a/6 There is no way to stop jackleg work at home. 1988 Atlantic Oct. 100/3 He did a jackleg job repairing the table. 2017 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 10 Aug. 1 b Allow me to offer a jackleg translation of the awkward insurance clause contained in the legislation. B. n. A professional, esp. a lawyer or preacher, who is incompetent, lacks skills or training, or behaves in an unscrupulous or dishonest way. Also (chiefly in African-American usage): an itinerant preacher. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > inaptitude or awkwardness > person muff1819 muffin1830 jackleg1844 stumer1891 stumblebum1932 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun] shondc725 faitoura1340 fob1393 trumper?c1450 feature14.. chuffera1500 prowler1519 truphane1568 cozener1575 cogger1580 pretender1583 impostor1586 mountebank1589 sycophant?1589 foolmonger1593 affronter1598 assumer1600 knight (also lord, man, etc.) of gingerbread1602 pettifogger1602 budgeter1603 quacksalver1611 empiric1614 putter-off?1615 quack1638 stafador1638 saltimbanco1646 adventurer1648 fourbe1668 shammer1677 imposer1678 charlatana1680 sham1683 cheat1687 hocus1692 gull1699 shamster1716 coal-blower1720 humbugger1752 gagger1781 fudge1794 humbug1804 potwalloper1820 twister1834 jackleg1844 fraud1850 bunyip1852 empiricist1854 Bayswater Captain1880 bluffer1888 putter-down1906 quandong1939 1844 N.Y. Herald 27 Dec. A poor pettifogging jack-leg of a lawyer. 1891 Harper's Mag. June 160/1 Once I was called a jack-leg and shyster. 1934 Z. N. Hurston Jonah's Gourd Vine x. 135 Here de pastor is. You ain't nothin' but uh jack-leg. 1954 V. Randolph Pissing in Snow (1976) xxvi. 43 That young jackleg ain't no good! Surely you ain't going to send him to represent us in Washington! 1980 V. Cunningham in J. L. Gwaltney Drylongso 221 One time the bukra preachuhs and they little black jacklegs said the moon was goin' to trickle away into blood. 2014 ‘M. K. Andrews’ Save Date xxiii. 156 The jacklegs we hired took six months, screwed it up so bad... We still can't use that shower. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1833
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