jacks
/ (dʒæks) /
(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 called: knucklebones
Origin of jacks
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How to use jacks in a sentence
In “Cartoons and Cereal,” he sings, “Reminisce when I had the morning appetite/ Apple jacks, had nothing that I hit the TV Guide.”
All its fruits were mangoes, plantains and jacks; not cold apples or icy quinces.
Avoid tearing up during the sentimental commercial breaks about Moms and McNuggets by doing jumping jacks.
6 Ways to Avoid ‘Sochi Gut’ While Watching the Olympics | Jenna A. Bell | February 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou know what really jacks up the entertainment value of a campaign?
Liz Cheney’s Wild Senate Campaign Odyssey Ends as It Began | Michelle Cottle | January 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI failed miserably at chin-ups, sit-ups, and push-ups, but performed really, really well, thank you, in jumping jacks.
There'll be heaps uh fun in the Cypress Hills country when they get t' runnin' the whisky-jacks out.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThey were not the nervous, string-halt jacks of the prairies, but the smaller black-tailed variety.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyA few Asses are bred, but for no other object than to keep up the supply of jacks for propagating mules.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenWith the seventh attempt it flared energetically; then settled to a steady glow of possible flap-jacks.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward Whitejacks young face became awed and stern and aged, as John had seen mens faces become when they charged through the mud in the dawn.
The Romance of His Life | Mary Cholmondeley
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