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JACK'S WORDS.

 

Jack has his own special way with the English language. In every book he uses words that mean something special to him. Here's a small selection!

 

 

Ace. Great, fine, the very best

 

Bathwater. One of the worst swearwords Jack knows.

 

Cat-apult. A very fast movement made by a cat when a terrier is barking at it.

 

Doggyguard. A bodyguard who is a dog.

 

Foxed. Fooled by a Fox Terrier.

 

Greet. This is done by rising to the hind legs and clutching a person with the paws while slurping them up the face.

 

Interrier-gate. Official questioning, done by a terrier.

 

Jack-attack. Growling and biting and worrying at trouser legs. Very loud, Quite harmless.

 

Last paw Like the last straw, but happening to dogs.

 

Nose map. A way of storing information with the nose.

 

Mudded. Being covered or splattered with mud.

 

Paw-ssessive. The way some dogs get when someone tries to take away their belongings.

 

Pawsisted. Kept doggedly on.

 

Skulldoggery. Bad things concerning dogs.

 

Terrier-tory. A territory owned by a terrier.

 

Upsettered. Bothered and upset a setter.

 

 

 

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