Jack Jones
Cockney rhyming slang for 'own' — as in alone, on your own.
Definitions
Rhymes with 'own'. Almost never said in full — it lives in the wild as 'on my Jack', meaning by yourself, no one with you. The 'Jones' falls off, leaving the rhyme buried so deep most people using it have no idea where it came from.
Jack Jones In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
Cockney rhyming slang, possibly after a 19th-century music-hall performer named Jack Jones.
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