Meanings
jacobs1
- alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form of Jacobs (“testicles”).
He'd hit you with his wallet? What an opportunity!!! You could have kicked him in his jacobs, jumped on his head & ran off with his money.
2004 December 24, Guppings, “Re: I hate Xmas”, in uk.sport.football (Usenet)2 more examples
"last time I was at Muirkirk (In april I think) I was moaning about the cold while dressed in a few arctic fleeces, bunnet etc and a local came up to me in a thin jacket and said "braw warm today eh mate" I was freezing my jacobs off"
2005 March 5, Paul C, “Some photos: Glenbuck Cherrypickers and Muirkirk”, in uk.sport.football (Usenet)It was almost 6:30 and the sun was breaking the horizon, better get the boss back to the safety of her fortress-like house on Beverly St., or it might be his jacobs in a jar!
2005, Ken Knight, The Midnight Oil, AuthorHouse, published 2005, →ISBN, page 240
Jacobs2
- A place in the United States:
- A southern neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
- A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin, named after William H. Jacobs.
- Former name of Port Providence, Pennsylvania.
Jacobs3
alternative jacobs
- UKpluralplural onlyslangTesticles.
Horseshit every match matters and Alex Ferguson would drag his players out of the club by their Jacobs if they made such a statement.
2008 November 25, Baldoni, “Re: Amazing...”, in alt.sports.soccer.manchester.united (Usenet)2 more examples
He has also provided some of the show's funniest moments - when enjoying a bath with Three Degrees star Sheila Ferguson he told her: 'I'm comfortable with anything, love, but you don't want to see my 'Jacobs' hanging out.'
2004 December 8, Sherna Noah, “Joe's jungle 'experience'”, in The Birmingham PostI used to have a Velo seat, which is pretty similar to the KH in design, and I got rid of it for the same reason. The padding was so deep and spongey that my Jacobs used to float to the top as I rode along.
2005 July 2, Mikefule [username], “Re: Nut buster seat”, in rec.sport.unicycling (Usenet)
Origin
Cockney rhyming slang - Jacob's Cream Crackers (a brand of crackers) = knackers
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