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Jack Nasties

Jack Nasties is the plural of Jack Nasty.

Meaning of Jack Nasty

Noun

Jack Nasty (plural Jack Nastys or Jack Nasties)

  1. (dated) A valet or pageboy.
    • Tom and his younger brothers, as they grew up, went on playing with the village boys, without the idea of equality or inequality […] ever entering their heads; as it doesn't till it's put there by Jack Nastys or fine ladies' maids.1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days
  2. (dated) A contemptible or unpleasant person.
    • Don't lie, don't try to fool me, Ennis. I know what it means. Jack Twist? Jack Nasty.1997, Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain, page 35

Questions about Jack Nasties

What is Jack Nasties the plural of?
Jack Nasties is the plural of Jack Nasty.

Words near Jack Nasties in the dictionary

  1. Jack Ketches
  2. jack mackerel
  3. jack mackerels
  4. Jack Mormon
  5. Jack Mormons
  6. Jack Nasties
  7. Jack Nasty
  8. Jack Nasty-Face
  9. Jack Nasty-Faces
  10. Jack Nastys
  11. Jack Nod

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