Compare blackleg (a person who replaces striking workers; a cheater) and such expressions as jack of all trades, every man jack.
jackleg (not comparable)
(US) Amateur, untrained; incompetent.
(US) Dishonest, unscrupulous.
(US) Ineptly built or operated; makeshift.
jackleg (plural jacklegs)
A type of drill operated by means of compressed air.
(US) An amateur; an untrained or incompetent person.
(US) A shyster or con artist; a gambler who cheats; a generally dishonest or reprehensible person.
Although the term most often carries negative connotations (inept, dishonest), it may also have positive ones (self-taught expert, hands-on learner). Occasionally it is used as a generic pejorative intensifier, equivalent to damn, out-and-out, etc, e.g. a jackleg crook, a jackleg bastard.
Source: Wiktionary
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
