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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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“It’s tragic here,” said Travis Guenther, 54, who lives in the town’s Happy Jack neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 28, 2025

Filly Secret Oath is next at 9-2, followed by Early Voting and Fenwick at 7-1, Simplification and Happy Jack at 8-1, Creative Minister and Skippylongstocking at 9-1 and Armagnac at 18-1.

From Seattle Times May 21, 2022

Happy Jack is named after a song by The Who.

From New York Times May 7, 2022

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

From Washington Times Aug. 14, 2019

"She's all right," observed Happy Jack, wagging his head and smiling as he watched her off.

From Bat Wing Bowles by Dane Coolidge

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