high-low-jack
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of high-low-jack
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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He never had any instruction in his profession, aside from a slight amount of training in high-low-jack.
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This edition was gotten up by Sunderland for a high-low-jack pack, and was read the first night.
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They could not understand why Nolan kept by himself while they were playing high-low-jack.
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The other boys in the garrison sneered at him, because he sacrificed in this unrequited affection for a politician the time which they devoted to Monongahela, sledge, and high-low-jack.
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We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn't let him stop.
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