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Definition of "jack-fish" []

  • Same as jack, 9 and . (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "jack-fish" in a sentence
  • "One day we were fishing and had got some distance apart, when I saw a school of large jack-fish coming down like lightning."
  • "No bait, but she had a knife; a strip of flesh was quickly cut from her own leg, a hole made through the ice, and a fine jack-fish was the food that was sent to this devoted mother."
  • "Deception, and brought home great jack-fish weighing from two to six pounds."