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Definition of "jackstone" []

  • The game of jacks. (noun)
  • One of the pieces used in playing jacks. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "jackstone" in a sentence
  • "She wriggled out of her mother's grasp now, and made for the door, throwing a "back-hand" as she went, without losing a single jackstone."
  • "In that instant, she looked at the jackstone players by the hearth."
  • "i looked down before me, at the little triangles and polygons splayed like jackstones, waiting for me to pick them up. i felt my head throb once again as the voices inside it screamed at protest when my hand passed one triangle jackstone leaving it tinted red."
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