Definitions

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  • proper noun A diminutive of the male given name Jack or John.
  • proper noun A diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline.

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Examples

  • "I see your Jacky is helping old Andy since he's been laid up," said Alick Duncan, the big foreman, some weeks later, as he paddled across the river with the boy's father.

    The Shagganappi 1913

  • 'Jacky, that is the sort of shop a lad like you might easily get lost in.

    Chatterbox, 1905. Various

  • Jacky, and had been taken at the time when young ladies called Jacky were often photographed with their mouths open.

    Howards End 1924

  • It represented a young lady called Jacky, and had been taken at the time when young ladies called Jacky were often photographed with their mouths open.

    Howards End Forster, E. M. 1910

  • Why three of us are hardly able for the work, and how can I make head against this plague with only the poor sav -- with only Jacky, that is first-rate at light work till he gets to find it dull -- but can't lift

    It Is Never Too Late to Mend Charles Reade 1849

  • I won't say what happened to Jacky, which is shown in a sickening flashback midway through the film, except that it explains his behavior and has a deepening metaphorical resonance as the story continues.

    NYT > Home Page By STEPHEN HOLDEN 2012

  • I won't say what happened to Jacky, which is shown in a sickening flashback midway through the film, except that it explains his behavior and has a deepening metaphorical resonance as the story continues.

    NYT > Home Page By STEPHEN HOLDEN 2012

  • FOR ALL SAGAR ALIAS JACKY SONG CLICK ON cjnavaneet Or visit www. youtube.com Sagar alias Jacky is an upcoming Malayalam film due for release on Vishu 2009, directed by Amal Neerad.

    WN.com - Articles related to Khan wants Hollywood skills in Bollywood 2010

  • Sergeant John Manuel, who was also known as Jacky, died when a wheelbarrow full of explosives detonated beside him in

    WN.com - Articles related to US warned Britain: you must send more troops to Afghanistan 2010

  • Sergeant John Manuel, who was also known as Jacky, died when a wheelbarrow full of explosives detonated beside him in Helmand Province.

    WN.com - Articles related to US warned Britain: you must send more troops to Afghanistan 2010

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