jackal
Speech parts
1. jackal - Noun
2. jackal - Verb
Meaning
Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling.
One who does mean work for another's advantage, as jackals were once thought to kill game which lions appropriated.
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Personal columnists are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat - no matter who killed the meat for him.
It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier.
The wretched desert takes its form, the jackal proud and tight. In search of you, I feel my way, through the slowest heaving night. Whatever fear invents, I swear it makes no sense. I reach through the border fence. Come down, come talk to me.
When the tiger kills, the jackal profits.
It is better to be the cub of a live jackal than of a dead lion.
A laughing jackal portends a witch in the rafters.