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Posted by Bob on November 25, 1999

In Reply to: Meaning posted by Tim Boylan on November 25, 1999

: Darned if I can find meaning of "ballin the jack." And I know lots of older folk. Anybody know?

Betting everything on one chance, or one roll of the dice. See the discussion farther down the page, starting 11/09/99. (There was a song, and I can't remember much of the lyrics, popular before my time.....)

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