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- noun Plural form of
jackleg .
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Examples
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Examples are numerous small mining operations which drill using pneumatic drills on jacklegs, load the ore manually or with simple loading machines, sometimes employ crushers in the comminution process, and employ non-mechanized wet mechanical gravity beneficiation techniques.
Chapter 28 1993
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The minimal energy demand is determined by the compressed-air consumption of drills on jacklegs, since drilling is usually the most energy-intensive activity in underground mining, and is accordingly the first area to be mechanized with the help of machines.
Chapter 28 1993
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I have also wondered if that upside down flag ought to be adopted as the symbol of those who protest the hi-jacking of the US Constitution and the US government by a bunch of socialists jacklegs who don't give a darn for anything - short of power for themselves.
SmallGovTimes.com 2009
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One reason I’m leaving the IV in, so I don’t come back to find you jacklegs playing handball against the side of the barn.
Again to Carthage Jr. John L. Parker 2007
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