Jack Common (15 August 1903 – 20 January 1968) was a British socialist, essayist and novelist. Common's writing was warm, ironic and quirky. He soon won...

many that are misleading or ambiguous, being derived from comparing the common jack bean to plants with similar seeds or fruit: they thrive in warm, sunny...

lifting heavy equipment. A hydraulic jack uses hydraulic power. The most common form is a car jack, floor jack or garage jack, which lifts vehicles so that maintenance...

Since the late 20th century, Jack has become one of the most common names for boys in many English-speaking countries. Jack is also used to a lesser extent...

common to many electronic applications in various configurations, sometimes referred to as a headphone jack The RCA jack, also known as a phono jack,...

with them. It is common to see jack-o'-lanterns used as external and interior decorations prior to and on Halloween. To make a jack-o'-lantern, the top...

military applications on various diameters of jack connector including the PJ-068 and Bantam plugs. The more common straight-sided profile used in domestic...

Rashid Lynn (born March 14, 1972), known professionally as Common (formerly known as Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor from Chicago, Illinois...

and McNair, but his courtesy and good manners were often commented on. Jack Common observed on meeting him for the first time, "Right away manners, and...

device Publicly Available Telephone Services Registered jack – the type of telephone jack common in most of the world for single-line POTS telephones Twisted...

colas. A popular version of the drink is Jack and Coke (also referred to as JD and Coke or Jack Coke), where the Jack Daniel's brand of whiskey is used. The...

jack (Caranx hippos), also known as the common jack, black-tailed trevally, couvalli jack, black cavalli, jack crevale, or yellow cavalli is a common...

"Jack Sprat" (or "Jack Spratt") is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19479. The most common modern version of...

elsewhere. Its common name refers to its aggressive nature and strong facial features, likened to that of the famous 1920s boxer Jack Dempsey. The fish...

jenny). It is the reciprocal cross to the more common mule, which is the product of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare). The hinny is distinct...

Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer active in and around the impoverished Whitechapel district of London, England, in 1888. In both criminal...

"Jack Be Nimble" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13902. The most common version of the rhyme is: Jack be...

such as "jack tar" for a common seaman, "every man jack," or the use of jack for the knave in cards. The diminutive form is also seen in "Jack of all trades...

Jack Daniel's is a brand of Tennessee whiskey. It is produced in Lynchburg, Tennessee, by the Jack Daniel Distillery, which has been owned by the Brown–Forman...

Jack Tar (also Jacktar, Jack-tar or Tar) is a common English term that was originally used to refer to seamen of the Merchant Navy or the Royal Navy, particularly...

the same thing. The word 'Jack' was in common usage in the 16th and 17th centuries to mean any generic man or fellow, as in Jack-of-all-trades (one who is...

Jack Robinson is a name present in two common figures of speech. When referring to Jack Robinson, it is used to represent quickness. In contrast, the...

waitress. "I think that Jack really has very little in common with Bobby. I think Bobby has given up looking for love. But Jack hasn't, he's very interested...

Jack Hunter is a 2008 American archeological adventure film series (in the vein of the Indiana Jones franchise). It consists of three parts: Jack Hunter...

features Alaina Capri and Meyer regulars Babette Bardot and Jack Moran. Dewey Hoople (Jack Moran) runs a broken down tourist trap along the Colorado River...

income by running the cottage as the village store. Yet, writing to Jack Common in April 1936 about setting up shop, "Orwell sounds hard put to find...

Each entry on this list of common misconceptions is worded as a correction; the misconceptions themselves are implied rather than stated. These entries...

also the oldest known form of Jack Benny in color with the last sequence being filmed originally in color, which was common for a musical in 1929. "The...

referred to simply as a "jack" (although this could also refer to any outer garment). This type of armour was used by common Medieval European soldiers...

1071/MU9780227. Old, Julie M.; Spencer, Ricky-John; Wolfenden, Jack (2014). "The Common Myna (Sturnus tristis) in urban, rural and semi-rural areas in...