jacks

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Pronunciation
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Translations
2 Dutch
- 2.1 Pronunciation
- 2.2 Noun

English[edit]

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jacks

A jack from the game of jacks

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dʒæks/
Rhymes: -æks

Noun[edit]

jacks

plural of jack
(games) A children's game involving picking up objects while a ball is in the air.
(Ireland, slang) A toilet, from jakes.
(poker slang) A pair of jacks.
(now chiefly Ireland) Alternative form of jakes: an outhouse or lavatory.

Translations[edit]

a children's game

French: osselets (fr) m pl
Italian: aliossi (it) m pl
Maori: tutukai, kaimakamaka

Portuguese: jogo das cinco marias m
Spanish: matatenas f pl, payana f
Swedish: jacks (sv)

toilet

Finnish: veski (fi), vessa (fi)

pair of jacks

Finnish: jätkä pari

outhouse

Finnish: puusee (fi)

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

jacks

Plural form of jack

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