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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1686
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Jim-crack, n. [e.m.E. gimcracke (1618).] A contrivance or contraption. — 1686 Stuart Joco-Ser. Disc. 61.
There's the geeg of his jim-crack
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