† quarter-jackn.2
Obsolete. rare.
A jackboot which has been cut down.
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waterboot1477
ankle-jack1800
quarter-jack1809
mud boot1824
1809 Sir Frantic the Reformer 75 His first born Long with these boots did's shanks adorn, Until..He made them into quarter-jacks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.21809- think straight
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- think the sun shines out of a person's arse
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- think the sun shines out of a person's bum
- think the sun shines out of a person's etc
- think the unthinkable
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- think twice
- think twice, then speak
- think up
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