Jack Frost

noun

: frost or frosty weather personified

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Plants That Won’t Survive a First Frost Date Annuals Most annuals and tender perennials die off when Jack Frost comes around. Charlotte Germane, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2024 These include North Wind, Arctic Jade and Ice Dragon of the Jack Frost collection from Iseli Nursery (iselinursery.com). Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024 Where to watch Jack Frost: Peacock 05 Inside (2007) New-wave French horror films are not for the faint of heart. Huntley Woods, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2023 Alec Baldwin in Rise of the Guardians (2012) Alec Baldwin lends Santa an inexplicable accent, but that's not any stranger than Santa teaming up with Jack Frost, the Tooth Fairy and an Easter Bunny that sounds like Hugh Jackman to fight the boogeyman. Drew MacKie, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for Jack Frost 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1730, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Jack Frost was circa 1730

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“Jack Frost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jack%20Frost. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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