All its fruits were mangoes, plantains and jacks; not cold apples or icy quinces.
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Offhand, I can think of two Jacks—Jack of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” and Jack the Ripper, who cut quite a figure in his day.
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It has often been said of Yankee mechanics that they are "Jacks of all trades and masters of none."
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Then he went back to his office, where Inspector Jacks was still sitting.
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Before he could use it, Jacks had scrambled down from the rock pile and caught his wrist.
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After breakfast she collected up all the things from Jacks satchel and put them with her belongings into her own satchel.
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The runner, as its name indicates, is a great forager, and is the swiftest and most graceful of all the jacks or cavallies.
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jacks
/ (dʒæks) /
noun
(functioning as singular)a game in which bone, metal, or plastic pieces (jackstones) are thrown and then picked up in various groups between bounces or throws of a small ballSometimes called: knucklebones
Word Origin for jacks
C19: shortened from jackstones, variant of checkstones pebbles
Words nearby jacks
jack rod, jack rope, Jack Rose, Jack Russell, Jack Russell terrier, jacks, jack salmon, jackscrew, jackshaft, jack shit, jacksie