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Definition of Jack frost
1. Noun. A personification of frost or winter weather.
Definition of Jack frost
1. Proper noun. A personification of winter ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jack Frost
Literary usage of Jack frost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1905)
"... and later in the winter, as you know, just about once a year, jack frost gets
in his work at night when the moisture in the air is just right. ..."
2. Robert Merry's Museum by Samuel G Goodrich (1842)
"jack frost—jack frost. 3 Who hath chilled the laughing river ? ... jack frost—Jack
Frost. Who doth ride on snowy drift When the night wind's keen and swift- ..."
3. In the Child's World: Morning Talks and Stories for Kindergartens, Primary by Emilie Poulsson (1893)
"said jack frost one cold evening near the end of Autumn, "this is just the kind of
... As jack frost had thought, people were expecting him that night. ..."
4. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1908)
"jack frost. Action Poem. ACK Frost peeped in at the window One cold, cold winter
day, ... jack frost waited in the garden Till May came dancing along, ..."
5. Sketches from a Student's Window by Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1841)
"jack frost. WHO hath killed the smiling flow'rs Once so fair in yonder bowers ?
... jack frost — jack frost. Who hath chased the birds so gay, ..."
6. Days and Deeds: A Book of Verse for Children's Reading and Speaking by Elizabeth Shepard Butler Stevenson (1906)
"jack frost The Frost looked forth on a still, clear night, And whispered, "Now,
I shall be out of sight; So, through the valley and over the height, ..."
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