10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JACK-IN-OFFICE»
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Jack in office Promus, No. 486. 1670: Ray, 14. 1732: Fuller, 6237. Itch is worse
than a smart, An - but the first quotation says the reverse. 1 530: Palsgrave, 594, It
is better to ytche than to smarte. 1 670: Ray, 1 4. 1732: Fuller, 31 14, Itch is more
...
George Latimer Apperson, Martin H. Manser, Stephen J. Curtis, 2005
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
Jack-in-office (ODEP 408; EAP 238; MP 340) 1893 This flighty jack-in-office
proceeded to put me through such a tireless maze of questions. (pp. 62-63)
Leaves from the Autobiography of Tommaso Salvini. New York: Century
Company, 1893.
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Gems of English art of this century: 24 pictures from ...
GEMS. OF. ENGLISH. ART. EDWIN. LANDSEER. A. JACK-IN-OFFICE. THIS is
one of the most successful among many well-known scenes of the same class
which we owe to our distinguished animal-painter. An unpleasant-looking bull-
terrier ...
Francis Turner Palgrave, 1869
Jack in office A fussy official; Self-important official who fusses about small
defects. They obeyed the manager's orders but did not respect him because he
was a jack in office. Jack of all trades One who turns one's hand at anything; one
who ...
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition, 2004
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Ruined abbeys and castles
in Great Britain and Ireland ...: ...
On our way back to the ferry, the American finds further fault with the criticisms of
one of his countrymen on the Abbey, and does not fee why the unhappy one in
the boat complained of Jack-in-office." This Jack-in-office had, it is clear, retained
...
Thus, our Jack- in-office has attained his present full-blown development through
a combination of influences. At a not very distant period all the country was in the
condition which we still find in its western territories, where the lack of public ...
William Conant Church, 1873
A Jack in Office. But now hear the name resume it's dignity in John Milton, John
Hampden, John Fletcher, John Dryden, John Locke, John Selden, John Marston,
John Webster, John Evelyn, John Ford, John Howard, &c. &c. Then in the French
...
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Anecdotes of William Hogarth: Written by Himself
"Jack in Office; or Peter Necessary, with choice o Chamber-pots. A Ticket for the •
. Price 6d.' ' Baker's sale, 1825, "Jack in Office," extra rare, sold sBlZ. 12s. It is now
in Mr. Standly's collection. A copy of the above, " Hogarth del. ; Sam> Ireland ...
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Cura's supreme English-English-Tamil dictionary: Revised, ...
They obeyed the manager's orders but did not respect him because he was a
jack in office. • Jack of all trades One who turns one's hand at anything; one who
tries to follow many occupations He did not succeed in life in spite of his
cleverness ...
D. Gnanasundaram, Various, 2005
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English Society
in Brussels Described, Or Letters
in Rhime ...
THE TRIPLE X. A Jack in office, now an Ex commis. — His shape and air, — Stiff
neck, and foul breath. — A great man's present. — A monstrous puppy. — A
clerk's progress. — Uets into an office as an underling. — Gets accquainled with
the ...
Horatius Cocles Wittol, 1825
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JACK-IN-OFFICE»
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jack-in-office is used in the context of the following news items.
What Will Bobby Jindal's 'Marriage and Conscience Order' Actually …
It's certainly not harmless; it may provide cover for some wretched jack-in-office somewhere in Louisiana to proclaim his or her private, ... «Yahoo News UK, May 15»
PETER HITCHENS: We smugly boast of Magna Carta... while all it …
... having risked your life for your country and having done great service to the state, you can be publicly smeared by some jack-in-office. «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
Next week's radio
... popularity that would inevitably flow from signing a massive cheque that some other poor jack-in-office would have to honour years later. «The Guardian, Sep 14»
Mark Milke: The very first tax
A naval officer spoke for many in 1799 when he ventured: “It is a vile, Jacobin, jumped up Jack-in-Office piece of impertinence — is a true Briton ... «National Post, Dec 13»
PETER HITCHENS: Plebs? No, but I wish they'd remember we are …
Ah 'policy', the obstructive jack-in-office's excuse for refusing to be helpful, in our supposed free- market economy. Your favourite marmalade ... «Daily Mail, Sep 12»
September 2012
Ah 'policy', the obstructive jack-in-office's excuse for refusing to be helpful, in our supposed free- market economy. Your favourite marmalade ... «Daily Mail, Sep 12»
The Dangers of Nolle Prosequi in a Democratic State
The Jack-in-office never realizes that he is being a little tyrant". On the 21st of July 2008, whole legal world of Sierra Leone was shocked when ... «Awareness Times, Jun 09»
Condoms, pills ... but how about restraint?
Their reward was to be told by some jack-in-office that their views were 'racist' and would therefore be ignored. Lucky they weren't reported for ... «Daily Mail, Mar 09»
