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单词 to make one's jack
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to make one's jack
b. U.S. to make one's jack: to make one's fortune; to prosper, to succeed. Obsolete. [Compare senses 21c(a) and 31.]
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1778 J. Todd Let. 29 June in T. Bodley Hist. Kentucky (1928) I. x. 153 My greatest Pleasure here is thinking I shall make my Jack here if I can preserve my Night-Cap.
1817 A. Royall Lett. from Alabama (1830) ix. 21 Amusing myself with ‘mine host’ and hostess, who I dare say, expect to make their Jack out of me.
1867 J. M. Crawford Mosby & his Men 282 Frankland having given up the office of Quartermaster of the battalion, to take command of Company F.., thought it an excellent opportunity to make his ‘Jack.
1901 H. Robertson Inlander ii. 25 You've come here to make your jack, and I've always heard that a good way to do that is to dress as if you'd already made it.
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