Meanings
nounJack Shalloo (plural Jack Shalloos)
plural Jack Shalloos
- datedslanggovernmentA (male) braggart.
A fine lad, though maybe a bit of a Jack Shalloo with the great talk.
1932, Myrtle Johnston, The Maiden, page 194 - datedslanggovernmentA careless or happy-go-lucky man.
Huh! He has just saved his ticket then. Knew to the minute, he did, when she was to cast off — asked me yesterday, he did. What the mischief does he mean by this Jack Shalloo trick? And at a time like this!
1910, The Idler: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume 38, page 172
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