The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (291 page)

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Every JACK has his Jill
1611
Dict. French & English
s.v. Demander,
Like will to like; a Iacke lookes for a Gill.
1619
in
Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature
(1880) i.
The proverb is, each Jacke shall have his Gill.
1670
English Proverbs
108
Every Jack must have his Gill … It ought to be written
Jyll
.
1855
General Bounce
ii.
‘Every Jack has his Gill’, if he and she can only find each other out at the propitious moment.
1940
Body, Boots & Britches
xix.
Every Jack has his Jill; If one won't, another will.
1965
Silton Seasons
xiii.
A flicker [woodpecker] is calling loudly from a nearby tree … A lady flicker will respond … There is a Jack for every Jill.
men and women

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