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jackleg adjective unschooled, untrained US, 1837- Mrs. Rogers–who was also a jackleg preacher (she did not have a church) called everybody “child,” “brother,” or “sister.” — Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, p. 24, 1965
- His movements were just like a jackleg minister’s; in fact, I’ve always thought that there is a strong personality link between a pimp and an ignorant preacher. — Robert Deane Pharr, S.R.O., p. 41, 1971
- His father had been a jack-leg preacher who dispensed his sermons from the mount of a storefront church on Prince street[.] — Nathan Heard, To Reach a Dream, p. 16, 1972
- But as far as taking a jackleg lawyer, you don’t use them for anything but errand boys. — Bruce Jackson, Outside the Law, p. 134, 1972
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