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What is a Jackson??

I am about halfway through reading Mondo Enduro. I have consulted my American/English dictionary to no avail. Would one of our British friends please explain to this yank what a Jackson is? I assume it is some kind of unsavory character. The Mondo boys refer to being Jacksoned, etc.

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Jackson Pollocks - Bollox!
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Sorry, it made me put 12 of them in.
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Although Cornishdeity is correct with his interpretation of 'Jackson' I believe from what I remember from the book, that in the context it was used I believe it was thier slang for 'locals'.
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Cor blimey mate you need to check out your jackson pollocks here...

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Cor blimey mate you need to check out your jackson pollocks here...

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Yes, not sure what apples and pears have to do with stairs either!

Think rhyming slang is just a step too far so our cousins, just like all those extra vowels.

I would suggest that if they were 'Jacksoned' it meant bolloxed, in whatever context. (pissed, stoned, annoyed).
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well, not long ago I bumped into Austin - as one does - and asked him, what is a "Jackson".

Jackson apparently is ..." a local whose name is unknown.." that obviously follows the fact that the local's name remained unknown for various reasons

eg. limited linguistic interoperability ie. don't speak english

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too drunk / stoned / stupid to communicate with the mondo chaps and exchange pleasantries..

although Austin didn't say, explicitly I suspect a "jackson" is usually is a local whose attention to the mondo chaps has not been 100% welcome..

therefore the term "..been Jacksoned in the middle of the night.."
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well, not long ago I bumped into Austin - as one does - and asked him, what is a "Jackson".

Jackson apparently is ..." a local whose name is unknown.." that obviously follows the fact that the local's name remained unknown for various reasons

eg. limited linguistic interoperability ie. don't speak english

and / or

too drunk / stoned / stupid to communicate with the mondo chaps and exchange pleasantries..

although Austin didn't say, explicitly I suspect a "jackson" is usually is a local whose attention to the mondo chaps has not been 100% welcome..

therefore the term "..been Jacksoned in the middle of the night.."
Thank you. I had a suspicion that that was the meaning from context.
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A Jackson could be a US $20 bill - Andrew Jackson (dead president) being the picture on the bill.
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A Jackson could be a US $20 bill - Andrew Jackson (dead president) being the picture on the bill.

Ummmmm...doesn't fit the context!
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