Definition of Man jack

1. Noun. A single individual. "Every man jack"

Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul

Lexicographical Neighbors of Man Jack

man child
man children
man crushes
man date
man day
man down
man flu
man ho
man hour
man in the moon
man in the street
man is a wolf to man
man is the measure of all things
man jack (current term)
man magnet
man of God
man of action
man of affairs
man of deeds
man of few words
man of letters
man of means
man of one's word
man of parts
man of science
man of size
man of straw

Literary usage of Man jack

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"A lord ! Well, that is some comfort to be sure. But have you read the Rights of Man ? Jack. No, not I : I had rather by half read the Whole Duty of Man, ..."

2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Man-jack. Every man-jack of you. Everyone of you. (See under JACK.) Man . . . Monkey. The Bedouins affirm that the monkeys of Mount Kara were ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1834)
"... is a most learned man—Jack was a very handsome man, Jack has been a most loveable man, but Jack is a shy man, and—Jack, I command you to marry. ..."

4. The Nursery by Fanny P Seaverns, John L. Shorey (Firm (1867)
"So when Jack saw a poor man, Jack must have thought, " Ah, here comes a poor man : my ... And, when he came up to the poor man, Jack would stop quite still, ..."

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