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jack-off flare noun a small, hand-launched aerial flare US The term is based on comparing images.- We light out LZ with jack-off flares, which are formally referred to as Flare Hand-held Illuminations. A jack-off flare looks like a silver baton about a foot and a half long. To fire it, you take the firing cap off one end, attach it to the other, and slam it against the palm of your hand. — Ernest Spencer, Welcome to Vietnam, Macho Man, p. 96, 1987
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 116, 1991
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