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jack chain

noun

  1. a chain having open links in the form of a figure 8, with one loop at right angles to the other.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of jack chain1

First recorded in 1630–40
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Example Sentences

In the mid-1980s, a former A.&P. executive published a book “The Rise and Decline of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company” even as A.&P. continued to expand, buying Waldbaum’s and the Food Emporium chain in New York City and the Farmer Jack chain in the Midwest.

"Oh," replied the other, "you misunderstand me; I don't want the fowl; but I am to play Oroonoko this evening, and we cannot begin for want of the jack chain."

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