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Jackanapes :: Jackanapes (n.) A monkey; an ape.

Knave :: Knave (n.) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught..

Jackeen :: "Jackeen (n.) A drunken, dissolute fellow..

Jacketed :: "Jacketed (a.) Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket..

Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A short jacket worn by men and by women.

Natterjack :: Natterjack (n.) A European toad (Bufo calamita), having a yellow line along its back..

Split :: Split (n.) the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created..

Smokejack :: Smokejack (n.) A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.

Strait-laced :: Strait-jacket (n.) A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back..

Grasshopper :: Grasshopper (n.) In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper..

Jackal :: "Jackal (n.) Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling..

Queller :: Queller (n.) A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller..

Cheap-jack :: Cheap-jack (n.) Alt. of Cheap-joh.

Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin..

Jackmen :: Jackmen (pl. ) of Jackma.

Sweater :: Sweater (n.) A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes.

Bonito :: Bonito (n.) The skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (S. Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related species. They are large and active fishes, of a blue color with black oblique stripes..

Jackass :: Jackass (n.) A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.

Jack :: Jack (n.) A device to pull off boots.

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