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whip-jacks

whip-jacks is the plural of whip-jack.

Meaning of whip-jack

Noun

whip-jack (plural whip-jacks)

  1. (obsolete) A beggar who pretends to have been on great sea voyages.

Questions about whip-jacks

What is whip-jacks the plural of?
Whip-jacks is the plural of whip-jack.

Words near whip-jacks in the dictionary

  1. whip-creamier
  2. whip-creamiest
  3. whip-creamy
  4. whip-hand
  5. whip-jack
  6. whip-jacks
  7. whip-o'-will
  8. whip-o'-wills
  9. whip-o-will
  10. whip-o-wills
  11. whip-poor-will

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