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Jack the Ripper

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  • proper noun An unidentified 19th century murderer in England, who has become part of folklore.

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  • noun an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century

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Examples

  • We found a row of carriage houses that looked like they had not been visited since Jack the Ripper was a boy and followed the numbers to 24B, which was a different sort of building, a tall and narrow red brick house with steep stone steps and an ornate black railing filled with little curlicues, cement flowers, and silhouettes of cats.

    EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010

  • We found a row of carriage houses that looked like they had not been visited since Jack the Ripper was a boy and followed the numbers to 24B, which was a different sort of building, a tall and narrow red brick house with steep stone steps and an ornate black railing filled with little curlicues, cement flowers, and silhouettes of cats.

    EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010

  • We found a row of carriage houses that looked like they had not been visited since Jack the Ripper was a boy and followed the numbers to 24B, which was a different sort of building, a tall and narrow red brick house with steep stone steps and an ornate black railing filled with little curlicues, cement flowers, and silhouettes of cats.

    EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010

  • He's now a psychopathic nightmare more along the lines of Jack the Ripper, and readers seem to like that just fine.

    Clown Prince of Crime Chip Kidd 2011

  • While you're in the neighborhood, you might want to retrace the steps of the irrepressible Jack the Ripper, the monster who terrorized Whitechapel in 1888 and whose identity remains a mystery.

    A Guide to (Aargh! Chop!) Merrie England Joe Queenan 2011

  • And while the Kray twins (whose gangster crime spree was a '60s sensation) aren't quite as notorious on these shores as Jack the Ripper, the murders and maimings echoing the Kray mayhem are just as gut-churning a challenge for DI Chandler (Rupert Penry-Jones), still smarting from his reputation as "the man who failed to find the Ripper."

    Critic's Guide to Wednesday TV: The SNL Comedy Invasion, A New Whitechapel Case, and More! 2011

  • On this date back in 1888, Jack the Ripper claimed his last victim, or so the canon says.

    Critic's Guide to Wednesday's TV: CMAs vs. X Factor and a Ripper Anniversary 2011

  • And, of course, the bad guy, while not Jack the Ripper, has a Dark Secret, so Rule #5 also comes into play.

    The Little Professor: 2010

  • And, of course, the bad guy, while not Jack the Ripper, has a Dark Secret, so Rule #5 also comes into play.

    Jane Eyre's Daughter 2010

  • He vows to keep Mina safe especially from her diabolically insane lover Jack the Ripper, who once jilted her and now has the dark power to destroy the world.

    So Still the Night-Kim Lenox « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009

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