black jack
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English
Noun
black jack (countable and uncountable, plural black jacks)
- Alternative spelling of blackjack
- A gamefish of species Caranx lugubris.
- A beggartick (Bidens spp., family of Asteraceae)
- (obsolete) The larva of a turnip sawfly (Athalia rosae)
- Synonyms: black canker, black palmer, nigger
- 1807, Richard Parkinson, The Experienced Farmer, Enlarged and Improved, page 370:
- There is a sort of black caterpillar called a black jack, which is seldom seen; but when they do come, they make terrible havock.
- (mining, mineralogy) Sphalerite.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, jack.
References
- “black jack”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English blackjack.
Pronunciation
Noun
black jack m animal
- (card games) Alternative spelling of blackjack
Declension
Declension of black jack
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | black jack | black jacki |
| genitive | black jacka | black jacków |
| dative | black jackowi | black jackom |
| accusative | black jacka | black jacki |
| instrumental | black jackiem | black jackami |
| locative | black jacku | black jackach |
| vocative | black jacku | black jacki |
Further reading
- black jack in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- black jack in Polish dictionaries at PWN