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Jack and a half

To express that something will require an above-and-beyond effort. Originates from software developers using the royal cards (Jack, Queen, King and Ace) from a standard deck to play Planning Poker.
It's going to be a jack and a half to gather all that test data.
by JettaC January 18, 2011
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