jacks

/ dʒæks /

noun

1. 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 ball Sometimes calledknucklebones

Word History and Origins

Origin of jacks¹

C19: shortened from jackstones , variant of checkstones pebbles

Example Sentences

In “Cartoons and Cereal,” he sings, “Reminisce when I had the morning appetite/ Apple Jacks, had nothing that I hit the TV Guide.”

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All its fruits were mangoes, plantains and jacks; not cold apples or icy quinces.

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Avoid tearing up during the sentimental commercial breaks about Moms and McNuggets by doing jumping jacks.

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You know what really jacks up the entertainment value of a campaign?

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I failed miserably at chin-ups, sit-ups, and push-ups, but performed really, really well, thank you, in jumping jacks.

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There'll be heaps uh fun in the Cypress Hills country when they get t' runnin' the whisky-jacks out.

From Project Gutenberg

They were not the nervous, string-halt jacks of the prairies, but the smaller black-tailed variety.

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A few Asses are bred, but for no other object than to keep up the supply of jacks for propagating mules.

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With the seventh attempt it flared energetically; then settled to a steady glow of possible flap-jacks.

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Jacks young face became awed and stern and aged, as John had seen mens faces become when they charged through the mud in the dawn.

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