jacky
Example Sentences
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She held the instrument between her palms and stared fiercely out at the flickering jacky lanterns, aware of a powerful contradiction that almost tore her mind in two.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2019
She tried to imagine gathering all the jacky lanterns as if she was herding sheep, but it was so hard, because, after all, she had no imagination, as Pan had said.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2019
In the room of her tears she was waiting; perhaps her only companion the jacky of the "See the World" poster, whose garb was but a shade bluer than her eyes.
From Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers
But still, one don't like to see a man, who once had a little spirit, become jacky to every one who has a dirty chin to be scraped.
From La Vendée by Anthony Trollope
"I like the red jacky, Dotter Burns," he said.
From Red Pepper Burns by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond
