Jack-in-the-water
Jack-in-the-water · Jacks-in-the-water
An attendant at the watermen's stairs on the river and seaport townsAn attendant at the watermen's stairs on the river and seaport towns.
Meaning
1 senses(UK, obsolete, slang)An attendant at the watermen's stairs on the river and seaport towns.
Forms
plural: Jacks-in-the-water| Singular | Jack-in-the-water |
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irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.