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jack-walk en · VERB
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(qualifier:dubious, transitive) To manhandle or maneuver an unwieldy object; to forcibly relocate.
I picked up a second hardhat with one hand while I bent to help the old man up with the other. I jackwalked him across the room until we stood with our backs protected by the bartender[…]
1980, Mitchell Carlton, Hot Oil, page 52:He kicked the BMW [motorcycle] into life, jack-walked it to an alleyway leading from the Casa Rosada, and roared off through the streets of Buenos Aires, headed for Radio Belgrano.
1987, Richard A. Lupoff, Countersolar!, page 21:
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