A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Vol. 2 of 2: Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, From the Fourteenth Century; J-Z (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Vol. 2 of 2: Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, From the Fourteenth Century; J-Z

Jacks-alive. A game, played by passing round and twirling a match or lighted paper, and he in whose hand it dies, pays a forfeit. Moor mentions it, p. 238.

Jack-sauce. An impudent fellow. It occurs in How to Choose a Good Wife, 1634.

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