noun
a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
• Syn: ↑jackstones, ↑knucklebones
• Hypernyms: ↑child's game
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plural of jack
present third singular of jack
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jacks /jaks/ (Irish sl)
noun
A toilet
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a children’s game in which you pick up small objects after you have bounced a ball and before you catch it again
Useful english dictionary. 2012.