Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The game of jacks.
- noun One of the pieces used in playing jacks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a set of pebbles, or of small cast-iron pieces with rounded projections, which children throw up and try to catch in various ways, as one, or two, or more at a time on the back of the hand, etc., as in the game of dibs. See
dib .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.
- noun A game played with five small stones or pieces of metal. See 6th
Chuck . Also calledjacks . Seejack {12}, n.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
jack ; one of the playing pieces in the game ofjacks .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She wriggled out of her mother's grasp now, and made for the door, throwing a "back-hand" as she went, without losing a single jackstone.
The Promised Land Mary Antin 1915
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She wriggled out of her mother's grasp now, and made for the door, throwing a "back-hand" as she went, without losing a single jackstone.
The Promised Land 1912
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She wriggled out of her mother's grasp now, and made for the door, throwing a "back-hand" as she went, without losing a single jackstone.
The Promised Land Antin, Mary, 1881-1949 1912
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In that instant, she looked at the jackstone players by the hearth.
The Readjustment Will Irwin 1910
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i looked down before me, at the little triangles and polygons splayed like jackstones, waiting for me to pick them up. i felt my head throb once again as the voices inside it screamed at protest when my hand passed one triangle jackstone leaving it tinted red.
2004-02-02;4:44 p.m.' //getting away from it all inaptbeauty 2004
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A Day Off from everything barbylon 2004
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