Jack Frost
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Jack Frost
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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A few hours later, at a nightclub, Law laughs as a silver Jack Frost with a bullhorn yells to the clubbers to “Dance for Santa! Dance for Santa!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Columnist Michael La Corte points to the "Jack Frost" — found at the New York City-based coffee chain Gregorys — as one of his favorite holiday sips.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2022
After lamenting that Short had been “taken away from us too soon, but sadly not before he played Jack Frost in ‘The Santa Clause 3,’” Martin wondered who else he could “ever work with.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2022
Martin said of Short: “Marty was taken away from us too soon. But sadly, not before he played Jack Frost in ‘Santa Clause 3.’”
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2022
But they never spoiled the pictures that Jack Frost had made in the night.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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