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jack-a-lent

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables
jack--a--lent
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small stuffed puppet at which stones were thrown at during Lent.

Obsolete

Usage

Inflected Forms

Jack-a-Lents (plural)

Questions

What does jack-a-lent mean?
A small stuffed puppet at which stones were thrown at during Lent.

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