Jackal - What does it mean?
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Any of several wild canine species, native to the tropical Old World, smaller than a wolf.
A person who performs menial/routine tasks, dogsbody
(pejorative) A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator.
(slang, rare) A jack (the playing card.)
To perform menial or routine tasks
* 1800 , Pamphlets on British Taxation [http://books.google.com/books?id=XB8JAQAAIAAJ]:
jackal
English
Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* black-backed jackal ** Cape jackal ** East African Jackal * golden jackal * side-striped jackalHypernyms
* canidSee also
*References
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Verb
- They have jackalled for the great beast, to pick in turns the bones of each other; they have subserved those above, to oppress and defraud those below; and they are suffering, and, so far as classes can, justly suffering their purgation.