high-low-jack

[ hahy-loh-jak ]

noun

1. all fours ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of high-low-jack¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

This edition was gotten up by Sunderland for a high-low-jack pack, and was read the first night.

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He never had any instruction in his profession, aside from a slight amount of training in high-low-jack.

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They had started an innocent game of high-low-jack and had been stopped.

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They could not understand why Nolan kept by himself while they were playing high-low-jack.

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But the Major and the Colonel were playing a rubber of seven-up (or high-low-Jack) and paid no attention.

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