Jack-up-the-orchard

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Noun
  1. 1
    Used as an unspecified threat. UK, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable

    "I'll give you jack-up-the-orchard if I catch you!"

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"I'll give you jack-up-the-orchard if I catch you!"

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