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 called: knucklebones

Origin of jacks

1
C19: shortened from jackstones, variant of checkstones pebbles

Words Nearby jacks

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How to use jacks in a sentence

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

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • They were not the nervous, string-halt jacks of the prairies, but the smaller black-tailed variety.

    David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
  • A few Asses are bred, but for no other object than to keep up the supply of jacks for propagating mules.

    Domestic Animals | Richard L. Allen
  • With the seventh attempt it flared energetically; then settled to a steady glow of possible flap-jacks.

    Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White
  • 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.

    The Romance of His Life | Mary Cholmondeley