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supplejacks

supplejacks is the plural of supplejack.

Meaning of supplejack

Noun

supplejack (countable and uncountable, plural supplejacks)

  1. Any of various North American vines that have supple stems.
    Synonyms:
    kareao, kareau
  2. A cane made from such a plant used as a walking stick or as a whip.
    • Above all, knock the first of them down who is insolent, and thrash any of them who are disobedient with a supplejack.1895, Edgar Jepson, Sibyl Falcon: A Study in Romantic Morals
  3. A child's toy in the form of a man with jointed limbs controlled by a string; a jumping jack.
    • and his body spread out as usual in his favourite position of a supplejack distorted to the utmost;1854, James Blackwood, Narrative of an expedition of five Americans into a country of wild animals […]
  4. Any of several vines belonging to the genus Ripogonum, native to New Zealand.

Questions about supplejacks

What is supplejacks the plural of?
Supplejacks is the plural of supplejack.

Words near supplejacks in the dictionary

  1. suppled
  2. Supplee
  3. Supplee's paradox
  4. Supplees
  5. supplejack
  6. supplejacks
  7. supplely
  8. supplement
  9. supplementable
  10. supplemental
  11. supplemental jurisdiction

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