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 3. (American).—To enclose (a document) after scheduling within it other papers relating to the same subject; to docket.

1888. The American, 16 May. Another record was made in the book of the office of letters received and jacketted.

4. (American thieves'). To denote; to point out.

1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v. Jacket. The fly cops pulled him, and allowed the flat cops to jacket him.

To give a red-laced jacket, verb. phr. (old military).—To flog.

1871. Temple Bar, XXXI, 311. When soldiers used to be flogged more commonly than now, their commanders used to facetiously call it, giving them a red-laced jacket.

To line one's jacket, verb. phr. (old).—To eat or drink; to fill one's stomach. For synonyms see Grub.

1611. Cotgrave, Dictionarie, Il s'accoustre bien. He stuffes himselfe soundly, hee lines his jacket throughly with liquor.

Pull down your jacket (or vest), phr. (American).—Keep cool! don't get excited! hold your hair on (q.v.)!

To send in one's jacket, verb. phr. (jockies').—To resign; to deliver up one's badge of office.

1884. Hawley Smart, From Post to Finish, p. 222. 'I presume you know the consequences of refusing?' 'I shall have to send in my jacket, I suppose.' The baronet nodded.

Jacketing, subs, (common).—A thrashing; a reprimand.

1851-61. Mayhew, Lond. Lab. & Lond. Poor, i. 92. I don't work on Sundays. If I did, I'd get a jacketing.

1862. Mrs. H. Wood, Channings, lvii. 'You may look Mr. Tod but I'll be after giving ye a jacketing for ye're pains.'

1871. Durham County Advertiser, 10 Nov. The quiet man told him about having found it, and got a jacketing for not having come direct and reported it at once.

1883. Graphic, May 26, 531, 3. Who the moment before had been administering a vigorous jacketing to him anent her neglected wardrobe.

1893. Emerson, Signor Lippo, xvi. I eased up, and he gave me a jacketing.

Jacket-reverser, subs. (common).—A turncoat.

Jackey, subs. (old).—Gin. For synonyms see Drinks and Satin.

1811. Lex. Bal. s.v. Jackey, Gin.

1821. Egan, Life in London, p. 179. Taking her drops of jackey with old Mother Brimstone.

1823. Bee, Dict of the Turf, s.v.

1827. Lytton, Pelham, [ed. 1864] p. 302. Well, you parish bull prig, are you for lushing jacky, or pattering in the hum-box.

1859. Sala, Gaslight and Daylight, xxiii. The stuff itself, which in the western gin-shops goes generally by the name of 'blue ruin' or 'short,' is here called jacky.

1878. W. S. Gilbert, Pinafore, i. I've snuff, and tobacky, And excellent jacky.

Jack-frost, subs. (colloquial).—A popular personification of frost; cf. John Fog and Tommy Snow.

1888. Notes & Queries, 7, S. v. 109. This jubilee year of 1887 has not commenced very well with us sporting folk. Jack Frost, John Fog, and Tommy Snow, having formed themselves into a syndicate, spoilt all our Christmas steeplechasing and hurdle-racing.

Jack-gagger, subs. (American thieves').—A man living on his wife's prostitution; a married ponce (q.v.).—Matsell (1859).

Jack Ketch (or Kitch), subs. (old).—A hangman or executioner; a