Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A familiar name for an enlisted man in the navy.
  • noun English gin.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Dial. Eng., Dial. Eng. A landsman's nickname for a seaman, resented by the latter.
  • noun Dial. Eng. English gin.

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Examples

  • "Come on, kid," called a jacky, and just as Piang stepped over the side a kindly sailor slipped a quarter in his hand.

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  • He did not throw a strike no matter what spin the media puts on it. jacky

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  • December 6th, 2007 at 2: 30 pm jokerswild says: great fuckin song jacky boy.

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  • They are no much diferent from CNN or BBC. look at the fellows. al jazeera correspondent in palestinian territories jacky rowland (former bbc journalist)

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  • This could be avoided if magistrates like Bystander remanded them in the first place. on December 28, 2006 at 11: 22 pm | Reply jo public give the scum as much hassle as you can and good luck with it happy new year on December 29, 2006 at 12: 04 am | Reply jacky bennett

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  • May 31st, 2009 at 10: 40 pm PDT could you i cant find my comment from earlier. could you please send it back to me RTS. thanks for your help. reply jacky

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  • Unsophisticated minds are apt to see corpse lights or ‘jacky-twoads’ where the scientist would see swamp gas, and long and lonely nights encourage the mind to wander down paths poorly illuminated by the light of reason.

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