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See also: jacobs
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəbz/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Jacobs
- An English surname originating as a patronymic derived from Jacob.
- A place in the United States:
- A southern neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
- A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin, named after William H. Jacobs.
- Former name of Port Providence, Pennsylvania.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Cockney rhyming slang - Jacob's Cream Crackers (a brand of crackers) = knackers
Alternative forms
Noun
Jacobs pl (plural only)
- (UK, slang) Testicles.
- 2004 December 8, Sherna Noah, “Joe's jungle 'experience'”, in The Birmingham Post:
- He has also provided some of the show's funniest moments - when enjoying a bath with Three Degrees star Sheila Ferguson he told her: 'I'm comfortable with anything, love, but you don't want to see my 'Jacobs' hanging out.'
- 2005 July 2, Mikefule [username], “Re: Nut buster seat”, in rec.sport.unicycling (Usenet):
- I used to have a Velo seat, which is pretty similar to the KH in design, and I got rid of it for the same reason. The padding was so deep and spongey that my Jacobs used to float to the top as I rode along.
- 2008 November 25, Baldoni, “Re: Amazing...”, in alt.sports.soccer.manchester.united (Usenet):
- Horseshit every match matters and Alex Ferguson would drag his players out of the club by their Jacobs if they made such a statement.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Jacobs.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:testicles.
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Proper noun
Jacobs
- a surname originating as a patronymic
German
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Jacobs
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