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Search phrase: jack-a-lent

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The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW III.iii.24	You little Jack-a-Lent, have you been	You litle Iack-a-lent, haue you bin
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW V.v.127	made a Jack-a-Lent when 'tis upon ill employment.	made a Iacke-a-Lent, when 'tis vpon ill imployment.

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[jocular; male figure used as an Aunt Sally during Lent] puppet, poppet, doll

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