2. Adjective. (American English) dishonest, unscrupulous ¹
3. Noun. A type of drill operated by means of compressed air. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jackleg
1. an unskilled worker [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackleg
Literary usage of Jackleg
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Putnam's & the Reader (1909)
"I flagged him back a piece and told him the jackleg was there. He ran, and I had
to rope him. "You're nervous, Pete," said I, helping him up. ..."
2. Memorial Edition of Thomas Bewick's Works by Thomas Bewick, Austin Dobson (1887)
"I involuntarily got my "jackleg knife,"* and, if he had then approached me, he
to a certainty would have been stabbed. I slipped off my clogs, ..."
3. Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools by Edwin Mims (1910)
"... a man who does one thing well enjoys no particular distinction. A jackleg
lawyer can't compel any great respect from a really scientific horse- shoer. ..."
4. Reminiscences of an Indianian from the Sassafras Log Behind the Barn in by J. Augustus Lemcke (1905)
"Owned by a "jackleg" carpenter, she was commanded by him, and he in turn was
bossed by his wife, a veritable little vixen, with features which bore the ..."
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