1579. Gosson, Schoole of Abuse, 22 (Arber's ed.). Plato when he sawe the doctrine of these Teachers, neither for profite, necessary, nor to be wished for pleasure, gave them all Drummes entertainment, not suffering them once to shew their faces in a reformed common wealth.
1587. Holinshead, Hist. of Ireland. B. ii. col. i. cit. cap. His porter or other officer durst not for both his ears give the simplest man that resorted to his house, Tom Drum's entertainment, which is, to hale a man in by the head, and thrust him out by both the shoulders.
1592. Greene, Groatsworth of Wit, in Works, xii, 129. And so giving him Jacke Drums entertainment, shut him out of doores.
1594. Nashe, Unf. Traveller, in Wks. v. 26. I would give him Jacke Drummes entertainment, and send him packing.
1598. Shakespeare, All's Well, iii, 6. 41. If you give him not John Drum's entertainment, your inclining cannot be removed.
1611. Cotgrave, Dictionarie, s.v. Festin. Il a esté au festin de Martin Baston. He hath had a tryall in Stafford Court, or hath received Jacke Drum's entertainment.
1611. T. Coryat, Extracts &c. [1776] iii. C. c. 3. Not like the entertainment of Jacke Drum, Who was best welcome when he went away.
1626. Apollo Shroving [quoted by Nares]. It shall have Tom Drum's entertainment, a flap with a fox-tail.
1649. John Taylor, Wandering to see the Wonders of the West. Where the hostess being very willing to give me the courteous entertainment of Jack Drum, commanded me very civilly to get out of doors, for there was no room for me to lodge in.
Jacked, adj. (old).—Spavined; lamed.
Jackeen (or Dublin Jackeen), subs.
(Irish).—A Dublin 'Arry (q.v.).
[From Jack + een, a suffix expressive
of contempt or inferiority;
a diminutive].
1894. De Somerville & Ross, The Real Charlotte, iii. 246. Don't you remember what Mr. Baker said about me, 'that you couldn't expect any manners from a Dublin Jackeen.'
Jacken-closer, subs. (old).—A
seal.
1825. Modern Flash Dict., s.v.
Jackeries, subs. (Australian).—See
quot.
1890. Hume Nisbet, Bail Up, p. 123. The jackeries, i.e., favored station hands, cursed him.
Jacket, subs. (colloquial).—1. The
skin of an unpared potato: generally
in phrase 'boiled in their
jackets'.
1878. R. L. Stevenson, Inland Voyage, p. 58. Some potatoes in their jackets.
2. (American).—A pinafore; a roundabout (q.v.).
3. (American).—A folded paper, or open envelope containing documents, endorsed without as to the contents; a docket.
Verb. (old).—1. To cheat; to swindle; to betray.
1819. De Vaux, Memoirs, s.v. Jacket. . . . This term is . . . properly applied to removing a man by underhand and vile means from any berth or situation he enjoys, commonly with a view to supplant him.
1823. Grose (3rd ed.), Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
2. (common).—To thrash; to beat. Also to trim (or dust or lace) one's jacket. For synonyms see Baste and Tan. See Jacketting.
d.1704. Lestrange [quoted by Johnson 1755]. She fell upon the jacket of the parson, who stood gaping at her.
1845. Buckstone, Green Bushes, i., 1. I'll dust your jacket if you do that again.
