Jack
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Jack [1]
A familiar form of John, the most widely spread of Christian names, and said to be derived from the French
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rom its extreme commonness it has acquired that slightly contemptuous signification observable in such compounds as "every man
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nd the name as applied to the knaves in playing-cards, and to the small white ball used as a mark in the game of bowls is an example of its transferred sense.
