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From: "James Stone" <>
Subject: Re: Some Jacks, but no Jills
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 20:24:24 -0700

Single jack (one person) hammer and/or drill. Used in mining to bore
holes in rock...stike the iron bar with the hammer in one hand and the
iron bar "drill" in the other; turn the bar a quarter turn and strike
it again. When you have it deep enough, insert blasting agent.
james
-----Original Message-----
From: Sue <>
To: <>
Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 7:47 PM
Subject: Some Jacks, but no Jills

>Jack-a-dandy - brandy
>
>Jack-a-dreams - a lazy, do-nothing dreamer
>
>Jack-snip - a bad tailor
>
>Jack-tar -sailor. I have read they were called this because of a
>custom of fastening their pigtails with tar.
>
>Jack-of-both-sides - a fence sitter, who tries to placate two
>opposing sides.
>
>Every man-Jack of them - all
>
>Jack-roll - the rod that a well-rope is attached to, and that you
>wind the rope up on.
>
>to play the Jack - to behave like a rogue or a bad boy
>
>Sue
>
>
>

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