jackey

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noun

Gin (the drink).

Scrabble 22

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jackey1

nounjackey (uncountable)
  1. UKobsoleteslanguncountableGin (the drink).

    [A] glass of Jackey restored him to his senses.

    1823, The Rambler's Magazine (page 354)
    1 more example

    Mrs. Jenkins and Sukey […] were anxious to have a privy conference over a glass of jackey, about the singular absence of Ezekiel.

    1811, William Mudford, The Life and Adventures of Paul Plaintive, Esq., page 31

Jackey2

proper nounJackey (plural Jackeys)

plural Jackeys · alternative Jackie · alternative Jacky · alternative Jacqui

  1. A nickname used instead of the male given name Jack, Jacques (and its cognates) or John.

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