Every man Jack of them
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
All without ex- ception, even the most insignificant. Shake- speare uses the word in the same sense in Cymbeline, ii, I — "Every Jack-slave hath his bellyful of fighting.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Every man Jack of them” mean?
All without ex- ception, even the most insignificant. Shake- speare uses the word in the same sense in Cymbeline, ii, I — "Every Jack-slave hath his bellyful of fighting.
Is “Every man Jack of them” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.