(British, slang) An irresponsible young man, seeking personal pleasure and gratification without any regard to responsibilities; a rogue.
You seem to think you’re a bit of a Jack the lad, don’t you?
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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