Excerpt from A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Vol. 2 of 2: Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, From the Fourteenth Century; J-Z Jacks-alive. A game, played by passing round and twirling a match or lighted paper, and he in whose hand it dies, pays a forfeit. Moor mentions it, p. 238. Jack-sauce. An impudent fellow. It occurs in How to Choose a Good Wife, 1634. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.