Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jack-boy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.66 in modern English

Syllables: jack--boy
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of jack boy.

Example Sentences

"Come you a wooing, And I alive and lusty? you shall find An alteration, jack-boys; I have a spirit yet (An I could match my hair to't, there's the fault), And can do offices of youth yet lightly;"
"The news soon spread from boy to boy and from ward to ward ; and there was an extraordinary call upon the services of the jack-boys, whose utmost exertions were scarcely equal to the demand."
"He was lower than the jack-boys and hirelings of the tuath, being generally a prisoner taken in war or an outlaw from some other tuath."

Inflected Forms

jack-boys (plural)

Questions

What does jack-boy mean?: Alternative form of jack boy.

How to pronounce jack-boy

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