Jacks
Jacks noun - A game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball.
Sailors
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Dick Deadeye's observations that "It's a queer world" and "Captain's daughters don't marry foremast jacks" are greeted with shock and outrage by the other sailors— even the ones who just said the same thing.
Source: Theatre / H.M.S. Pinafore
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