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Jacks-in-the-water

Jacks-in-the-water is the plural of Jack-in-the-water.

Meaning of Jack-in-the-water

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.

Questions about Jacks-in-the-water

What is Jacks-in-the-water the plural of?
Jacks-in-the-water is the plural of Jack-in-the-water.

Words near Jacks-in-the-water in the dictionary

  1. jacks-in-boxes
  2. jacks-in-office
  3. jacks-in-the-box
  4. jacks-in-the-boxes
  5. Jacks-in-the-pulpit
  6. Jacks-in-the-water
  7. jacks-of-all-trades
  8. jacksaw
  9. jacksaws
  10. Jacksboro
  11. jackscrew

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