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单词 jack johnson
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Jack Johnsonn.

Brit. /ˌdʒak ˈdʒɒnsn/, U.S. /ˌdʒæk ˈdʒɑns(ə)n/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Jack Johnson.
Etymology: < the name of Jack Johnson (1878–1946), African-American heavyweight boxer, whose nickname was ‘The Big Smoke’ (compare smoke n. 8b).
Army slang (originally U.S.). Now historical.
1. A heavy German shell filled with TNT, which on exploding emits volumes of dense black smoke; = Black Maria n. 3a. Also: the smoke emitted by such a shell.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > shell > other types of shell
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segment-shell1862
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star shell1876
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pipsqueak1900
Black Maria1914
coal box1914
crump1914
Jack Johnson1914
Archie1915
Little Willie1915
whizz-bang1915
woolly bear1915
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > shell > smoke from shell
Jack Johnson1914
1914 Logansport (Indiana) Jrnl.-Tribune 25 Sept. 1/5 The German howitzer shells..send up columns of greasy black smoke. On account of this they are irreverently dubbed ‘coal boxes’, ‘black marias’, or ‘Jack Johnsons’, by the soldiers.
1914 Illustr. London News 10 Oct. 505 The gigantic projectile which on bursting makes the black smoke called ‘Jack Johnson’.
1962 J. B. Priestley Margin Released ii. iii. 101 The German heavy batteries..dropped ‘Jack Johnsons’ among us.
2014 G. H. Cassar Trial by Gas vi. 185 The fire..was maintained for twenty minutes with every kind of shell, from Jack Johnsons to nine-pounders.
2. A large-calibre German howitzer gun; = Black Maria n. 3b. Now rare.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > other pieces of ordnance
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ribaudequin1443
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dogc1550
battardc1565
long shot1595
quarter piece1625
pelican1639
monkey1650
spirol1653
stock-fowler1669
saltamartino1684
smeriglio1688
botcarda1700
carriage gun1723
Lancaster1857
Armstrong1860
wire gun1860
Columbiad1861
Parrott1861
wedge-gun1876
truck-gun1883
motor cannon1889
Black Maria1914
Jack Johnson1914
supergun1915
flak1938
1914 Illustr. London News 10 Oct. 504/1 The German ‘Jack Johnson’ siege-guns.
1978 Jrnl. Forest Hist. 22 180/2 Only against the heaviest German cannons, called ‘Jack Johnsons’ by the soldiers of the American Expeditionary Force, was wood not recommended for use.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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