Jackanapes - A new work by British author T. John Ward depicting the further adventures of Charles Dickens' "The Artful Dodger" with a forward by Cedric Dickens (Great, great ...
Definitions of jackanapes at Dictionary.com. ... Origin: 1400–50; late ME Jakken-apes, lit., jack (i.e., man) of the ape, nickname of William de la Pole (1396–1450), Duke of ...