manjack
manjack noun: a person; the average or common person; anybody.
Noun (1)
manjack (plural manjacks)
- A person; the average or common person; anybody.
- Manjack see her and stagger, and as if to justify he staggering, he lean over to me and whisper: "Let we fire some rum." I tell he let we get pass the introductions first.1990, The Caribbean writer, volume 5, page 92
- The box was jam packed full o' gifts for each manjack of us: razors, aftershave, toothbrushes, an' books.2013, Robert L. Buyer, Ursula T. Coute, Following the North Star, page 26
Noun (2)
manjack (uncountable)
- A form of bitumen-rich asphalt found in Barbados and Trinidad.
- In outward form and general appearance manjack is not unlike fine coal and is essentially a bituminous substance.1915, Mining and Scientific Press, volume 111, page 86
- Oil-shales are often the last relics of a former impregnation with petroleum; they are associated with phenomena—such as the intrusive asphaltites or manjacks—common to petroliferous regions, but in many cases the parent oilfields, the sources of the former impregnation, are things of the past.1922, Intermountain Industry and Engineering: Official Publication: Utah Motor Transport Ass'n, volume 24
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Noun (3)
manjack (plural manjacks)
- Various plants in the genus Cordia.
- Buck Island's uplands forest cover also includes frangipani, turpentine, Jamaican caper, manjack, Ginger Thomas, and water mampoo trees.2002, U.S. Virgin Islands: A Guide to National Parklands in the United States Virgin Islands
- It was unsigned and merely ordered: Meet me under the great manjack tree. Lucinda did not need a signature.2003, Maryse Conde, Windward Heights
Examples of manjack in a sentence
- Manjack is the local name give to a naturally occurring variety of bitumen that was first mined in Trinidad just before the turn of the century.1996, George E. Higgins, A History of Trinidad Oil, page 24:
- Amid the scenery, the manjack tree grew quite low.2008, Taiwan Literature, English Translation Series - Issues 22-23, page 88:
Synonyms of manjack
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Forms of manjack
| plural | manjacks |
|---|---|
| alternative form | manjac |
| alternative form | manjak |
| alternative form | munjac |
| alternative form | munjack |
Origin of manjack
From every man Jack.
Words formed from manjack
- Bahama manjack
- black manjack
- fragrant manjack
- mucilage manjack
- orange manjack
- pink manjack
- Puerto Rico manjack
- red manjack
- serpentine manjack
- white manjack
Questions about manjack
- What does manjack mean?
- Manjack means a person; the average or common person; anybody.
- How do you use manjack in a sentence?
- Manjack is the local name give to a naturally occurring variety of bitumen that was first mined in Trinidad just before the turn of the century.
- What part of speech is manjack?
- Manjack is a noun.
- What is the plural of manjack?
- The plural of manjack is manjacks.
Words near manjack in the dictionary
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