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English In Use - 'Jacktot!'

A selection of headlines from stories in the news. They use English in a way that you might think is intended to confuse but it's all perfectly clear to the native speaker.

A Daily Mirror story that 35 year old Yvonne McColm gave birth to a baby girl in a casino car park in Edinburgh produced the headline 'Jacktot', a play on the word jackpot, which refers to a large cash prize in a game or lottery.

'Tot' means small child.  

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