Jack out of doors
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (obsolete) A homeless person, or vagrant.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:, Folio Society, 2006, p.27:
- the Lord Julio Romero at Yvoy, having committed this oversight to issue out of his holde, to parlie with the Constable of France, at his returne found the Towne taken, and himselfe jack-out-of-doors.
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:vagabond