Jack Frost

noun

1. frost or freezing cold personified.

Jack Frost

noun

1. a personification of frost or winter

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jack Frost¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Before morning old Jack Frost snapped his fingers and the whole world was encased in ice.

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So Marmaduke showed them the little red and blue sleigh, and told them all about the little driver, Jack Frost.

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Many beautiful pictures may be found in the valley in winter when Jack Frost is ruler of all the snow-clad, ice-bound cañon.

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"A noisy titmouse is Jack Frost's trumpeter" may be one of those few weather-wise proverbs with a grain of truth in them.

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And with the help of the sun and Jack Frost it makes these fairy millstones for itself.

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