Usually means: Con artist feigning injury, begging.
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  3. whipjack: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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▸ noun:  (obsolete, slang) A beggar who pretends to be a sailor.

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whip-jack, jack, Jacky, jacker, crackerjack, skipjack, turnpike sailor, whipster, whipper snapper, whipper-snapper, more...

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whip-jack, jack, Jacky, jacker, crackerjack, skipjack, turnpike sailor, whipster, whipper snapper, whipper-snapper, more...



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