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JACK-STAFF

\d͡ʒˈakstˈaf], \d‍ʒˈakstˈaf], \dʒ_ˈa_k_s_t_ˈa_f]\

Definitions of JACK-STAFF

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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A staff fixed on the bowsprit of a ship, on which the union-jack is hoisted.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

The staff upon which the union-jack is hoisted: union-jack, the national flag of Great Britain and Ireland, containing the union of the three crosses, but without the fly of the ensign.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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