jerusalem or its people
The city of David stood on Mount Zion. In Pilgrim's Progress Bunyan calls the Celestial City (i.e. Heaven) Mount Zion.
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jerusalem pony
A donkey.
jessamy
A smart jemmy fellow, a fopling.
Jessamy Bride
The fancy name given by Goldsmith to Mary Horneck when he fell in love with her in 1769. Cp. JEMMY JESSAMY.
jessie
"to give a person JESSIE," to beat him soundly. See GAS.
jesuitical
Sly, evasive, equivocal. A jesuitical answer; an equivocal answer.
Jesus boots
Sandals.
Jesus juice
Wine.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph
An expression of surprise or shock
jet
A lawyer. Autem jet; a parson.
jet set
Wealthy people who travel extensively and frequently
jew
An over-reaching dealer, or hard, sharp fellow; an extortioner: the brokers formerly behind St. Clement's church in the Strand were called Jews by their brethren the taylors.
Jew and Gentile
People of all backgrounds or faiths
jew fencer
A Jew street salesman.
jew's ear
A fungus that grows on the Judas-tree G?.v.); its name is due to a mis- translation of its Latin name, Auricula Judce, i.e. Judas's ear.
jew's eye
That's worth a Jew's eye; a pleasant or agreeable sight: a saying taken from Shakespeare.
jew's myrtle
Butcher's broom is so called, from .the popular notion that it formed the crown of thorns placed by the Jews on the Saviour's head.
jewel in the crown
Most valuable or prized part of something
jewgle
Google.
jewish angelology
In the book of Tpbit we are told how he travelled with Tobias into Media and back again, instructing him on the way how to marry Sara and to drive away the wicked spirit. Milton calls him the "sociable spirit " and the "affable archangel" (Paradise Lost, vii, 40), and it was he who was sent by God to advertise Adam of his danger.
Jewish champagne
Seltzer.
jewish dances
David danced in certain religious processions (2 Sam, vi, 14). The people sang and danced before the golden calf (Exod. xxxn, 19). And in the book of Psalms (cl, 4) we read, "Praise Him with the timbrel and dance." Miriam the, sister of Moses, after the passage of the Red Sea, was followed by all the women with timbrels and dances (Exod. xv, 20).
Jewish Scriptures
The Hadith was not allowed originally to be committed to writing, but the danger of the traditions being perverted or forgotten led to their being placed on record.
jewlywood
Hollywood.
jewsrael
Israel.
jezebel
A showily-dressed woman of suspected character; derived, of course, from 2 Kings ix. 30, but applied in this sense from the time of the Puritans. Also, a hot-tempered female.
jiak kentang
to be extremely tired or exhausted
jib
A first-year man.—Dublin University.
jibb
The tongue.—Gipsy and Hindoo. (Tramps’ term.) Thence extended to mean language.
jibber the kibber
A method of deceiving seamen, by fixing a candle and lanthorn round the neck of a horse, one of whose fore feet is tied up; this at night has the appearance of a ship's light. Ships bearing towards it, run on shore, and being wrecked, are plundered by the inhabitants. This diabolical device is, it is said, practised by the inhabitants of our western coasts.
jiffy
"in a JIFFY," in a moment.
jig
A trick. A pleasant jig; a witty arch trick. Also a lock or door. The feather-bed jig; copulation.
jigger
A whipping-post. CANT.
jigger
A door; "dub the JIGGER," shut the door. Ancient cant, GYGER. In billiards, the bridge or rest is often termed the JIGGER. Also, the curtain of a theatre. JIGGER has many meanings, the word being applied to any small mechanical contrivance. Printers use the word for a little machine which guides the eye when copy is minute.
jigger-dubber
A jailer.
jigger-dubber
A term applied to a gaoler or turnkey.
jiggered
Very tired.
jiggot o’ mutton
A leg of mutton. From Fr. GIGOT.
jiggy
Crazy.
jill of all trades
A person skilled in many areas, but not exceptional in any one
jilt
A tricking woman, who encourages the addresses of a man whom she means to deceive and abandon.
jilt
A crowbar or house-breaking implement.
jilted
Rejected by a woman who has encouraged one's advances.
Jim Crow
A popular Negro song and dance -of last century; introduced by T. D. Rice, the original "nigger minstrel," at Washington in 1835, and brought to the Adelphi, London, in the following year.
Jim Crow cars
Railway coaches set apart lor the sole use of Negroes.
jim hat
A condom.
jimmy cap
A condom.
jimmy hat
A condom.
jing-jang
The penis.
jingle boxes
Leathern jacks tipped with silver, and hung with bells, formerly in use among fuddle caps. CANT.
jingle brains
A wild, thoughtless, rattling fellow.
jinglers
Horse cosers, frequenting country fairs.
jingo
"by JINGO," a common form of oath, said to be a corruption of ST. GINGOULPH. Vide Halliwell.
jism
Spirit or energy.
jive turkey
A person who talks nonsense or lies
jo
Scotticism for a man or lover. As "John Anderson, my JO, John."
joan is as good as my lady in the dark
All women are equal when their social status is unknown
joanna
A piano.
job
Any robbery. To do a job; to commit some kind of robbery.
job
"a JOB lot," otherwise called a "sporting lot," any miscellaneous goods purchased at a cheap rate, or to be sold a bargain. Frequently used to conceal the fact of their being stolen, or otherwise dishonestly obtained.