jackstone

jack·stone

[jak-stohn]
noun
1.
jack1 ( def 5a, b ).
2.
jackstones, ( used with a singular verb ) jack1 ( def 5c ).

Origin:
1805–15; earlier chackstone, alteration of checkstone pebble, of uncertain origin

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Jackstone is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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