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jackboy

jackboy noun: a street thug who is part of a gang of thieves.

Noun

jackboy (plural jackboys)

  1. A street thug who is part of a gang of thieves.
    • We ducked and dodged law, and jackboys, only to hand our hard earned cash over to another hustler; a hustler greater than us.2011, Hector Stone, Trapstarz, page 29
    • Ordell asked one of his jackboys to get him a car with keys in it and leave it in the Ocean Mall parking lot over by the beach. The jackboy asked him what kind of car he wanted. Ordell said, 'One has a big trunk with a shotgun in it.' He liked jackboys because they were crazy. They made their...2012, Elmore Leonard, Rum Punch

Examples of jackboy in a sentence

  • Ordell asked one of his jackboys to get him a car with keys in it and leave it in the Ocean Mall parking lot over by the beach.2012, Elmore Leonard, Rum Punch:
  • That act alone let David know the guy in the Oakland Raiders pullover was an experienced jackboy.2014, Antonio David Hart, Chess Game of the Gods:

Forms of jackboy

pluraljackboys

Questions about jackboy

What does jackboy mean?
Jackboy means a street thug who is part of a gang of thieves.
How do you use jackboy in a sentence?
Ordell asked one of his jackboys to get him a car with keys in it and leave it in the Ocean Mall parking lot over by the beach.
What part of speech is jackboy?
Jackboy is a noun.
What is the plural of jackboy?
The plural of jackboy is jackboys.

Words near jackboy in the dictionary

  1. jackbooted
  2. jackbooting
  3. jackboots
  4. jackbox
  5. jackboxes
  6. jackboy
  7. jackboys
  8. jackcrosstree
  9. jackcrosstrees
  10. jackdaw
  11. jackdaws

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