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
Brunnera Jack Frost is really nice for brightening up an area, because it has kind of silvery green leaves.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2021
Dylan, who also produced under his pseudonym Jack Frost, immediately liberates songs from the big band/big orchestra world from which they emerged, and in which they are most frequently revisited.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2016
Laura thought that Jack Frost was a little man all snowy white, wearing a glittering white pointed cap and soft white knee-boots made of deer-skin.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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