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jack plug noun

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Definition

a metal pin at the end of a long wire joined to a piece of electrical equipment and used to connect it to another piece of electrical equipment

(Definition of jack plug noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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