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man jack

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noun

  1. informal a single individual (in the phrases every man jack, no man jack )

"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

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Few have physical injuries, and every man jack of them is charming.

From Time Magazine Archive

Duncan initially dismisses the weird noises and the hostility of the townfolk, every man jack of them with a scar on his neck.

From Time Magazine Archive

Almost every man jack of them felt they would never make a soldier because 'they weren't cut out for it.'

From Time Magazine Archive

And in Rio 150,000 passionate souls, every man jack of them willing to part with his last cruzeiro, squeezed into Maracana Stadium for the games.

From Time Magazine Archive

Maybe they read her letters, maybe they only looked at the postmark, but to a man jack they all replied: “Send us your next letter after Papa is dead!”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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