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Jacks

//d͡ʒæks// name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Jack.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of jack form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Alternative form of jakes: an outhouse or lavatory. Ireland, alt-of, alternative, slang
  3. 3
    A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones. uncountable

    "The rest of the day he heard the children playing kick-the-can, hide-and-seek, Over-Annie-Over, jacks, tops, mibs, and the sound of the little monsters in every shrub and shadow would not let him rest."

  4. 4
    plural of Jack form-of, plural
  5. 5
    a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball wordnet
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  1. 6
    A pair of jacks. slang
  2. 7
    Heroin tablets (from "jacks and jills" = pills) UK, slang

    "As soon as Barry swung the machete at his head, Vince snapped the PSF knife out of his pocket with his right hand and the jacks from his pocket with his left."

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