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Etymology
From w:Jack Ketch|Jack Ketch, the public executioner during the reigns of both Charles II of England and his brother James II.

Noun
Jack Ketch

1. a public executioner
2. the gallows
3. death
4. the devil

References
Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition

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