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Supple-jack - 2 dictionary results

Jack Creek, IA (township, FIPS 06392085)
Location: (43.294724, -94.618229)
Population (2000): 135 (59 housing units)
Area: 35.672869 sq mi (land), 0.033078 sq mi (water)

Jack Jouett, VA (district, FIPS 00393983)
Location: (38.065225, -78.510380)
Population (2000): 8,981 (4,720 housing units)
Area: 16.585529 sq mi (land), 0.266337 sq mi (water)

Jack, AL (CCD, FIPS 03191719)
Location: (31.553014, -86.043094)
Population (2000): 1,817 (871 housing units)
Area: 93.845860 sq mi (land), 0.037270 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 36346

Jack, TX (County, FIPS 237)
Location: (33.208587, -98.169992)
Population (2000): 8,763 (3,668 housing units)
Area: 916.609219 sq mi (land), 3.504784 sq mi (water)

Lone Jack, MO (city, FIPS 43760)
Location: (38.870516, -94.188174)
Population (2000): 528 (214 housing units)
Area: 3.837563 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 64070

Black Jack, MO (city, FIPS 06004)
Location: (38.790799, -90.261885)
Population (2000): 6,792 (2,587 housing units)
Area: 2.660066 sq mi (land), 0.007305 sq mi (water)

Black Jack, NC (township, FIPS 15390280)
Location: (35.035122, -79.831187)
Population (2000): 449 (188 housing units)
Area: 27.387813 sq mi (land), 1.149014 sq mi (water)

Supple-jack

Sup"ple-jack`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. (b) A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem.

He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke. --W. Irving.

Note: This name is given to various plants of similar habit in different British colonies.

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