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jack cheese
jack crevalle
Jack Frost
Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon
jack in
jack-in-office
jack-in-the-box
jack-in-the-pulpit
jack ladder
jack mackerel
jack-o’-lantern
jack-of-all-trades
jack off
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jack rabbit
jack rafter
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jack ladder
jack ladder


noun 
Definition:
 
nautical 
Same as  Jacob's ladder (sense 1)

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