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jack the ripper

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jack the ripper

noun
an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century 
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Jack the Ripper

A criminal in London in the late nineteenth century apparently responsible for several ghastly murders by slashing. His identity is unknown.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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