word of the day

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(kate kicks herself even before typing...)
The Word of the Day for October 22 is:
jackleg \JAK-leg\ (adjective)
1 a : lacking skill or training : amateur
*b : characterized by unscrupulousness, dishonesty, or lack of
professional standards
2 : makeshift
Example sentence:
Did you know?
Don't call someone a "jackleg" unless you're prepared for
them to get angry with you. Throughout its more than 150-year-
old history in English, "jackleg" has most often been used as
a term of contempt and deprecation, particularly in reference
to lawyers and preachers. Its form echoes that of the similar
"blackleg," an older term for a cheating gambler or a worker
opposed to union policies. Etymologists know that "blackleg"
appeared over a hundred years before "jackleg," but they don't
have any verifiable theories about the origin of the earlier
term.

I will leave the example sentence up to all of y'all...(kate opens the can of worms...)