whiskey jack

noun

1. gray jay.

Word History and Origins

Origin of whiskey jack¹

1735–45; variant of whisky-John, whisky-Jonish, by folk etymology < Eastmain Cree (dial. of Montagnais ) wi·skača·nis Canada jay, diminutive of wi·skača·n blacksmith, apparently alluding to the bird's smoky-gray color

Example Sentences

Since Pokémon Go's success, a growing number of consumer brands are continuing to embrace AR, such as Coca-Cola and US whiskey Jack Daniels.

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The EU has also put tariffs on whiskey; Jack Daniels is made only in Lynchburg, Tennessee and is going nowhere in a hurry.

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Subscribers can choose robot personalities, such as Whiskey Jack, who is frequently distracted by a game he is watching on television, or Salty Sally, a frazzled mother.

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He said the relative unfamiliarity of the gray jay, also known as the whiskey jack, weighed on the plus side, not the minus.

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The Society says the gray jay, also known as the whiskey jack, was the winner of a two-year search for a fitting avian Canadian representative.

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