Jack-in-the-water

noun

An attendant at the watermen's stairs on the river and seaport towns.

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Meanings

nounJack-in-the-water (plural Jacks-in-the-water)

plural Jacks-in-the-water

  1. UKobsoleteslangAn attendant at the watermen's stairs on the river and seaport towns.
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Jack-in-the-water. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jack-in-the-water

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“Jack-in-the-water.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jack-in-the-water. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jack-in-the-water,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jack-in-the-water.

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