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Jack-a-Lent (n.)
Old form(s):
Iack-a-lent, Iacke-a-Lent
[jocular; male figure used as an Aunt Sally during Lent] puppet, poppet, doll
MW III.iii.24
[Mistress Page to Robin] You little Jack-a-Lent, have you been true to us?
MW V.v.127
[Falstaff to all] See now how wit may be made a Jack-a-Lent when 'tis upon ill employment