man jack
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Two days later, to offset the Karlsruhe's parade, H. M. S. Enterprise, anchored in Tanga harbor, emptied every man jack ashore to parade through the town with fixed bayonets while a seaplane whirred overhead.
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
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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