It represents a kind of hacker's approach, grounded as it is in jack-legged engineering rather than science. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: October 26, 2003 - November 1, 2003 Archives] Reference
Go, child! every man-jack is off after Black Donald, and there is nobody but you and Condiment and the housemaids to take care of me. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Hand] Reference
Plus a microphone in-jack, which is something we really love. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 11, 2006] Reference
And I think he was what we would call a jack-leg electrician. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eula McGill, February 3, 1976. Interview G-0040-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
I also like the mini-jack, which is straight rather than right-angled. From Wordnik.com. [Audiophile Audition Headlines] Reference
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