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jacksdexterity game played with a ball and small objects, 1900, from earlier jackstone "small round pebble used in games" (1792), which seems to be an alteration of checkstone (1745). The metal p [..]
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jacks(n) a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
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jackstoilet. The name "Jack" is often substituted for "John", hence...
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jacks, (1) sb. parts of a loom. (2) sb. a children’s game played with five white pebbles, called ‘Jack stones.’
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jacks
derived from en|Jack.
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