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JACK-A-LENT

Definition: JACK-A-LENT

JACK-A-LENT

Noun

1. A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Translation: JACK-A-LENT

Language Translations for "JACK-A-LENT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

杰克贷给. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

잭 빌 주". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ack-a-lentjay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: JACK-A-LENT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-j-k-l-n-t"

-2 letters: alkanet, lactean.

-3 letters: acetal, alkane, anklet, anlace, cantle, catena, cental, jackal, jacket, lanate, lancet, tackle.

-4 letters: aceta, akela, alack, alane, alant, alate, ankle, antae, canal, clank, clean, cleat, eclat, enact, jacal, knelt, lance, laten, latke, leant, natal, taken, tanka.

-5 letters: acne, acta, alae, alan, alec, anal, anta, ante, cake, calk, cane, cant, cate, celt.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: JACK-A-LENT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 41 43 4B 2D 41 2D 4C 45 4E 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001010 01000001 01000011 01001011 00101101 01000001 00101101 01001100 01000101 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#65 &#67 &#75 &#45 &#65 &#45 &#76 &#69 &#78 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 0041 0043 004B 002D 0041 002D 004C 0045 004E 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4435374515351546394854

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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