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Jack Frost

American  

noun

  1. frost or freezing cold personified.


Jack Frost British  

noun

  1. a personification of frost or winter

"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

Etymology

Origin of Jack Frost

First recorded in 1815–25


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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

Time was of the essence now because the snappy touch of Jack Frost had turned the heavy, sweet clusters of their crop into glittering globules pregnant with grape juice.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2022

Winter sprite Jack Frost must save the day when an evil boogeyman schemes to stop the world’s children from believing in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and other immortal Guardians.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2019

One night Jack Frost passed by, and in the morning there were bright colors here and there among the green leaves of the Big Woods.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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