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Happy Jack

British  

noun

  1. another name for grey-crowned babbler

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In Happy Jack, the water has receded, and many have walked out.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

No. 9 Skippylongstocking is 20-1, Doug O’Neill-trained No. 6 Happy Jack is 30-1 and longshot No. 3 Fenwick is 50-1.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2022

Forest Service would get equally-valued ranch land that the university owns near Happy Jack.

From Washington Times • Aug. 14, 2019

The latter, pronounced VEE-da-voo, is several miles from Curt Gowdy via scenic Happy Jack Road and was formerly visited by Arapahoe men on vision quests.

From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2019

Happy Jack snatched off his uniform cap, spat on a bill, and flapped it into the bottom thereof.

From The Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch by Cootes, F. Graham

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