Also 8 whiskijack, 9 whiskey jack; also with hyphen. [Altered form of next by substitution of jack for john (cf. JACK sb.1).] A popular name for the common grey jay of Canada, Perisoreus canadensis.
1772. Whiskijack [see next].
1873. Forest & Stream, 11 Dec., 273/3. Two whisky jacks are driven into camp, and now sit on the palisades over the fire.
1888. Lees & Clutterbuck, B. C., 1887, xxviii. (1892), 320. Those delightful birds known as the Camp Robbers or Whisky Jacks.
