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• Alive

  ·adj Sprightly; lively; brisk. II. Alive ·adj Of all living (by way of emphasis). III. Alive ·adj ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• dead-alive

  Dull, inactive, moping.--Barnes's Dorset Glossary. We often hear the expression, "He is a dead-alive...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• skip jacks

  Youngsters that ride horses on sale, horse- dealers boys. Also a plaything made for children with th...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• whip jacks

  The tenth order of the canting crew, rogues who having learned a few sea terms, beg with counterfeit...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• slap-jacks

  Pancakes made of the whole size of the frying-pan or spider. A country girl formerly was not conside...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• jack's quarter-deck

  The deck elevation forward in some vessels, often called a top-gallant forecastle. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book