Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common water-snake of Europe, Tropidonotus natrix.
- noun A venomous African serpent, Clotho nasicornis.
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Examples
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Here was our chance to teach a Christian man in an agreeable way that he should not appropriate more than his share of the rations without the consent of the mess, so we set to and ate heartily of his good stores, and in their place put, for ballast, a river-jack that weighed about two pounds.
The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson Edward A. Moore
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She knew the pay of the forest men, from the haulier to the princely axeman and river-jack.
The Man in the Twilight Ridgwell Cullum 1905
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It began with a burly river-jack who laughed stupidly to cover his doubt.
The Man in the Twilight Ridgwell Cullum 1905
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