Ok, terrible title is pretty terrible, I’ll admit.
For kicks (or maybe not), I’m going to try to amass a list of all words/phrases/ sundry that include the word “Jack.”
This list will be continuously updated.
- Monterey Jack
- Jack of all trades
- Jack o’ lantern
- Jack Frost
- Jackfruit
- Jackknife
- Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candle stick
- Jack Sprat could eat no fat, and his wife could eat no lean
- Jackrabbit
- Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water, Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after
- Jacks (the game)
- Jack (the playing card)
- Crackerjack
- Jack in the box
- Don’t know Jack (don’t know anything)
- Jackass (male donkey)
- Jackhammer
- Jackfish (the ghost town in Ontario)
- Jack [fish] (a type of fish in the Carangidae family- there are several fish that have ‘Jack’ in their name)
- includes Almaco jack, Amberjack , Bar jack, Black jack (fish) , Crevalle jack , Giant trevally or ronin jack, Jack mackerel, Leather jack, Yellow jack
- Jack tar (syn: sailor, see Jack Tar)
- Union Jack
- Jack the ripper
- Spring heeled Jack
- Jackalope (that imaginary animal)
- Jackal
