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WHIP JACKS

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Slang in 1811

WHIP JACKS. The tenth order of the canting crew, rogues who having learned a few sea terms, beg with counterfeit passes, pretending to be sailors shipwrecked on the neighbouring coast, and on their way to the port from whence they sailed. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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

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Anagrams: WHIP JACKS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-j-k-p-s-w"

-2 letters: hijacks.

-3 letters: hijack, phasic, whacks.

-4 letters: aphis, apish, aspic, caphs, chaps, chaws, chias, chips, hacks, haiks, hajis, hawks, hicks, jacks, kaphs, packs, paiks, picas, picks, pikas, pshaw, schwa, shack, spahi, spica, spick, wacks, whack, whaps, whips, whisk, wicks, wisha.

-5 letters: asci, caph, caps, cash, cask, caws, chap, chaw, chia, chip, chis, hack, haik, haji.

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

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Alternative Orthography: WHIP JACKS


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

57 48 49 50      4A 41 43 4B 53

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

    

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

01010111 01001000 01001001 01010000 00100000 01001010 01000001 01000011 01001011 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#72 &#73 &#80 &#32 &#74 &#65 &#67 &#75 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 0048 0049 0050      004A 0041 0043 004B 0053

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

5742435024435374553

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