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light-jack
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a light used at night to attract fish.
See: jacklight ((n.))(def. 1)
Quotations
1859
. . . the strong red glare of the blazing pine knots and roots in the iron frame, or light-jack, at the bow of the canoe. . . .
1903
See how their forms are increased in size until they look like veritable giants in the haze of the blazing light-jack.