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lance-jack

lance-jack noun: a lance-corporal or lance-bombadier.

Noun

lance-jack (plural lance-jacks)

  1. (UK, slang) A lance-corporal or lance-bombadier.
    • They made him a lance-jack; but it was only because they wanted somebody tall at the end of the front rank to fix bayonets by.1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 44

Forms of lance-jack

plurallance-jacks

Questions about lance-jack

What does lance-jack mean?
Lance-jack means a lance-corporal or lance-bombadier.
What part of speech is lance-jack?
Lance-jack is a noun.
What is the plural of lance-jack?
The plural of lance-jack is lance-jacks.

Words near lance-jack in the dictionary

  1. lance skink
  2. lance skinks
  3. lance snake
  4. lance-corporal
  5. lance-corporals
  6. lance-jack
  7. lance-jacks
  8. lance-knight
  9. lance-knights
  10. lance-ovate
  11. lanceable

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