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Definition of Strip-jack-naked
1. Noun. A card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strip-jack-naked
Literary usage of Strip-jack-naked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1879)
"... worn by men round place to chit (sprout) as much as possible, when they are
said to be ' struck.' Strip Jack naked, a game at cards sometimes called ..."
2. How Diplomats Make War by Francis Neilson (1915)
"It was, indeed, an orgy in which the mildest game was " beggar my neighbour,"
and the most modest one " strip Jack naked." The Jingoes in England were ..."
3. How Diplomats Make War by Francis Neilson (1915)
"It was, indeed, an orgy in which the mildest game was " beggar my neighbour,"
and the most modest one " strip Jack naked." The Jingoes in England were ..."
4. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"To strike potatoes is to put them in a warm place to chit (sprout) as much as
possible, when they are said to be ' struck.' Strip Jack naked, a game at ..."
5. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott (1808)
"... or, by way of variety, at cards: at the amusing games of My Lady's Hole, or
Strip Jack Naked; games which, however sneered at in the present times, ..."
6. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1807)
"... at cards: at the amusing games of my lady's hole, or Strip Jack naked ; names
which, however sneered at in the present times, carried excellent morals ..."
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