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jack-knife
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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v.
of a tug, push (barges) ahead in a zigzag fashion.
Quotations
1949
Captains "jacknifed" the barges ahead of them by means of ropes and tackles.