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"whipjack" Definition

  1. a sham shipwrecked sailor, called also a turnpike-sailor.

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Position in the dictionary: 3924 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: whipper-snapper, whisper, whisperer, whistle, whistling-billy, whistling-shop, white eye, white feather, white horses, white lie
Previous words in the dictionary: whip the cat, whip, whim-wham, whiddle, whid, wherret, wheeze, what d’yecall’em, whale, whacks

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