Jăck'a-lĕnt, n.
n. [For Jack of Lent, or Jack in Lent.] A sort of puppet formerly thrown in at Lent, like Shrovetide cocks. Hence, a boy, in ridicule. Shak.
n. [For Jack of Lent, or Jack in Lent.] A sort of puppet formerly thrown in at Lent, like Shrovetide cocks. Hence, a boy, in ridicule. Shak.