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jacks-in-office

jacks-in-office is the plural of jack-in-office.

Meaning of jack-in-office

Noun

jack-in-office (plural jacks-in-office)

  1. (derogatory) A self-important but minor official.
    • But a man gifted with original thoughts and the power of expressing them, appears to be regarded by everyone in authority as much worse than the worst criminal, and all the 'jacks-in-office' unite to kick him to death if they can.1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published...
    Synonyms:
    jack guardant, petty functionary

Questions about jacks-in-office

What is jacks-in-office the plural of?
Jacks-in-office is the plural of jack-in-office.

Words near jacks-in-office in the dictionary

  1. jacks off
  2. jacks up
  3. Jacks-at-all-trades
  4. jacks-in-a-box
  5. jacks-in-boxes
  6. jacks-in-office
  7. jacks-in-the-box
  8. jacks-in-the-boxes
  9. Jacks-in-the-pulpit
  10. Jacks-in-the-water
  11. jacks-of-all-trades

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