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Jack-in-the-water

Jack-in-the-water noun: an attendant at the watermen's stairs on the river and seaport towns.

Noun

Jack-in-the-water (plural Jacks-in-the-water)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) An attendant at the watermen's stairs on the river and seaport towns.

Forms of Jack-in-the-water

pluralJacks-in-the-water

Questions about Jack-in-the-water

What does Jack-in-the-water mean?
Jack-in-the-water means an attendant at the watermen's stairs on the river and seaport towns.
What part of speech is Jack-in-the-water?
Jack-in-the-water is a noun.
What is the plural of Jack-in-the-water?
The plural of Jack-in-the-water is Jacks-in-the-water.

Words near Jack-in-the-water in the dictionary

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  3. jack-in-the-bush
  4. jack-in-the-pulpit
  5. jack-in-the-pulpits
  6. Jack-in-the-water
  7. Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me
  8. Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-mes
  9. jack-knife
  10. jack-knife barber
  11. jack-knife barbers

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