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ballin' the jack

ballin' the jack noun: daringly running a locomotive at high speed.

Noun

ballin' the jack (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Daringly running a locomotive at high speed.
  2. (archaic) Dancing a dance named after the daring act of the railroad engineer.

Origin of ballin' the jack

See Wikipedia at Ballin' the Jack § Origin.

Questions about ballin' the jack

What does ballin' the jack mean?
Ballin' the jack means daringly running a locomotive at high speed.
What part of speech is ballin' the jack?
Ballin' the jack is a noun.

Words near ballin' the jack in the dictionary

  1. Balliets
  2. Balliett
  3. Ballimore
  4. Ballin
  5. ballin'
  6. ballin' the jack
  7. Ballina
  8. Ballinalee
  9. Ballinamore
  10. Ballinascarthy
  11. Ballinascarty

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