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Jack Moran Biography
Jack MoranAge: 76 former Cincinnati Reds radio broadcaster; did Reds broadcasts for seven years with Hall-of-Famer Waite Hoyt; anchored the evening sports broadcasts and hosted the station's…Jack Bruen Biography
Jack BruenAge: 48 turned a struggling Colgate basketball team which had endured 14 straight losing seasons into a winner during his nine years (1989-97) as head coach; led the Red Raiders to…Brewer's: Cheap Jack
Jack, the chap-man. Not cheap, meaning low-priced, but cheap meaning merchant, as in “chapman,” “Cheap-side,” etc. Jack is a term applied to inferior persons, etc. (Saxon, cepa, a merchant…Brewer's: Cousin Jack
So Cornishmen are called in the western counties. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cousin MichaelCousin-german A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…Brewer's: Steeple-Jack
(A). A man who ascends a church spire to repair it. This is done by a series of short ladders, tied one to another as the man ascends, the topmost one being securely tied to the point of…Brewer's: Union Jack
The national banner of Great Britain and Ireland. It consists of three united crosses- that of St. George for England, the saltire of St. Andrew for Scotland, and the cross of St. Patrick…Jack Adams Award
Awarded to the coach “adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success” and named after the late Detroit Red Wings coach and general manager. Winners selected by NHL Broadcasters…Brewer's: Yellow Jack
The flag displayed from lazarettos, naval hospitals, and vessels in quarantine. (See Union Jack.) Yellow Jack (The). The yellow fever. “Raymond and all his family died of yellow fever,…Brewer's: Black Jack
(A ). A large leather gotch for beer and ale, so called from the outside being tarred. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black JokeBlack Jack A B C D E F…Brewer's: Man-jack
Every man-jack of you. Everyone of you. (See under Jack.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man ... MonkeyMan Friday A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Trending
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