Cousin Jack
Americannoun
plural
Cousin JacksEtymology
Origin of Cousin Jack
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Your partner should know that it might be hard for your kid to comprehend that hitting and kicking is OK with Cousin Jack but not OK with his preschool classmates.
From Slate • Oct. 22, 2019
THE "MISSED HOLE" ON the seventeenth sub-level of the Cousin Jack Mine the Spooner contract gang was working at high pressure.
From The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft by Mears, James R.
"Is the plotting, or whatever it is, going on over in the Cousin Jack, too?"
From The Iron Boys as Foremen or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift by Mears, James R.
Everybody in this room heard that man talk with a Cousin Jack accent.
From The Cross-Cut by Cooper, Courtney Ryley
This time every man in the organization received a notice, this reaching all the miners of the Red Rock, Cousin Jack and the independent mines.
From The Iron Boys as Foremen or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift by Mears, James R.
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