jack
/ˈd͡ʒæk/ sustantivo C2En español: clavija, saltador, gato, gata
- A name applied to a hypothetical or typical man.
- A man, a fellow; a typical man; men in general.
- A sailor.
- A policeman or detective; (Australia) a military policeman.
- A lumberjack.
- A sepoy.
- A device for turning a spit; a smokejack or roasting jack.
- Each of a series of blocks in a harpsichord or the earlier virginal, communicating the action of the key to the quill; sometime also, a hopper in a modern piano.
Plural jacks
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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Andrea, who was sitting before the piano with Mademoiselle Eugénie, started up like a jack-in-the-box.
“Poor Jack is dead!
I am more uneasy about poor little Jack, for, as I told you in my note, he has twice been assaulted by her."
My wife, myself, my boy Jack, baby, Dolores, and Mrs.
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