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ballin' the jack

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Noun

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ballin' the jack (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, of a railroad engineer) Daringly running a locomotive at high speed. [late 19th or early 20th c.]
  2. (archaic, of dancers) Dancing a dance named after the daring act of the railroad engineer. [1913]