“Jack and Jill”

Cultural  

1. A nursery rhyme. Its first stanza reads:

   Jack and Jill went up the hill,

   To fetch a pail of water;

   Jack fell down, and broke his crown,

   And Jill came tumbling after.

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Example Sentences

Bell found solace through a network of Black women associated with Jack and Jill of America, a national organization for Black children.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2021

McClellan was born in Petersburg, and the city was where she shopped, took dance lessons and met other kids through the Jack and Jill social group for Black children.

From Washington Post • May 22, 2021

The wing, now the Twin Bing Suite, has its own sitting room and a Jack and Jill bathroom equipped with a clawfoot tub and a large walk-in shower.

From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2020

The alleged offences took place at Jack and Jill Childcare in Torquay, Devon, between 10 and 29 July 2019.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2020

The stories start like this— Jack and Jill went up a hill, my uncle sings.

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson