The flag displayed from lazarettos, naval hospitals, and vessels in quarantine. (See Union Jack.) Yellow Jack (The). The yellow fever. “Raymond and all his family died of yellow fever,…
Jack, the chap-man. Not cheap, meaning low-priced, but cheap meaning merchant, as in “chapman,” “Cheap-side,” etc. Jack is a term applied to inferior persons, etc. (Saxon, cepa, a merchant…
Jack Benny(Benjamin Kubelsky)comedianBorn: 2/14/1894Birthplace: Chicago Emmy Award-winning radio and television comedian remembered for his self-ridicule, his awful violin playing and his stinginess…
Jack Palance (Walter Jack Palahnuik, Vladimir Palanuik)actor Born: 2/18/1919Birthplace: Lattimer, Pennsylvania This stage actor first appeared on film in Elia Kazan's Panic in the Streets (1950).…
The national banner of Great Britain and Ireland. It consists of three united crosses- that of St. George for England, the saltire of St. Andrew for Scotland, and the cross of St. Patrick…
Jack Blackactor, musicianBorn: 4/7/1969Birthplace: Los Angeles Black spent most of the mid- and late-1990s in relative obscurity, frequently playing offbeat sidekick characters. That all…
Every man-jack of you. Everyone of you. (See under Jack.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man ... MonkeyMan Friday A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…
(A ). A large leather gotch for beer and ale, so called from the outside being tarred. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black JokeBlack Jack A B C D E F…
Jack the Ripper is one of the world's most infamous serial killers and to this day, has never been identified. But what facts do you know about the Ripper's crime spree that sent the entirety of…
One of the nicknames given to Jack Cade the rebel, who promised to remedy all abuses. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jack BragJack-a-napes A B C D E F…
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