jolly along
to keep someone in a good mood or distracted
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jolly dog
A merry facetious fellow; a BON VIVANT, who never flinches from his glass, nor cries to go home to bed.
jolter head
A large head; metaphorically a stupid fellow.
jomer
A sweetheart, or favourite girl. See BLOWER.
jonah's gourd
This plant (see Jonah iv, 6-10), the Heb. kikayon, was probably the Palma Christi, called in Egypt kiki. Niebuhr speaks of a specimen which he himself saw near a rivulet, which in October "rose eight feet in five months* time." And Volney says, "Wher- ever plants have water the rapidity of then- growth is prodigious. In Cairo," he adds, "there is a species of gourd which in twenty- four hours will send out shoots four inches long.
jonathan
An American; a Yank; Brother Jonathan.
jonathan's arrows
They were shot to give warning, and not to hurt. (1 Sam. xx, 36.) Jones, Davy, See DA VY.
jones
Heroin.
jonnick
Right, correct, proper. Said of a person or thing.
jonson’s
(Ben.) Bartholomew Fair, ii. 6.
jordain
A great blow, or staff. I'll tip him a jordain if I transnear; i.e. I'll give him a blow with my staff, if I come near him. CANT.
jordan
A chamberpot. To throw the contents of a chamberpot over any one is to christen him.
jordan almond
Here Jordan has nothing to do with the river (cp. JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE), but is a corruption of Fr. jardin, garden. The Jordan almond is a fine variety which comes chiefly from Malaga.
jorum
A jugg, or large pitcher.
jorum
A capacious vessel from which food is eaten, as broth or stew.
joseph
A woman's great coat. Also, a sheepish bashful young fellow: an allusion to Joseph who fled from Potiphar's wife. You are Josephus rex; you are jo-king, i. e. joking.
Joseph of Arimathea
The rich Jew, probably a member of the Sanhedrin, who believed in Christ but feared to confess it, and, after the Crucifixion, begged the body of the Saviour and deposited it in his own tomb (see Matt. xxvii, 57-60, Mark xv, 42). Legend relates that he was imprisoned for 42 years, during which time he was kept alive miraculously by the Holy Grail (see GRAIL), and that on his release by Vespasian, about 63 A.D.
joshua tree
The Yucca brevifolia, a spiky- leaved tree growing in the desert areas of the south-western regions of the U.S.A. and in Mexico.
joskin
A countryman. The dropcove maced the Joskin of twenty quid; The ring dropper cheated the countryman of twenty guineas.
jossop
The syrup or juice in a fruit pie or pudding. Also, sauce or gravy.—School.
jot and tittle
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
jot down
Write something quickly and briefly
jot or tittle
A tiny amount. The jot is i or iota, and the tittle, from Lat. titulus, is the mark, or dot over the i.
jow
Be off, be gone immediately. If the word Jehanum be added, it forms a peremptory order to go to a place unmentionable to ears polite.—Anglo-Indian. Our phrase, "Go to Jericho," is probably a modification of the Jehanum business.
jowl
The cheek. Cheek by jowl; close together, or cheek to cheek. My eyes how the cull sucked the blowen's jowl; he kissed the wench handsomely.
joy ease
A name given to more than one sword famous in romance, but especially to Charlemagne's, which bore the inscription Decem prceceptorum custos Carolus, and was buried with him.
joy house
A brothel.
joy powder
Heroin.
Joy shared, joy doubled: sorrow shared, sorrow halved. (Strauss, 1994 p. 249)
Sharing happy or sad experiences with others increases or decreases their emotional impact
joy stick
The control column of an aeroplane or glider, which is linked to the elevators and ailerons to control them.
joystick
A penis.
Jtttt Crow regulations
Any rules which prohibit Negroes from associating with or seajoying the same privileges as white people.
Jubilee Juggins
A nickname given to Ernest Benzon, a foolish and wealthy young man about Town who squandered a fortune on horse-racing about the time of Queen Victoria's Jubilee (1887).
judas
A deceitful person; JUDAS-HAIRED, red-haired, deceitful. It is generally believed that JUDAS ISCARIOT was red-haired. Painters seem to have accepted this idea, with modifications as to the exact amount of colour.
judas kiss
A deceitful act of courtesy or simulated affection. Judas betrayed his Master with a kiss (Matt, xxvi, 49).
judas slits
The peep-holes in a prison door, through which the guard looks into the cell to see if all is right; when not in use, the holes are covered up.
judas tree
A leguminous tree of southern Europe (Cercis siliquastrum) which flowers before the leaves appear, so called because of a Greek tradition that it was upon one of these trees that Judas Iscariot hanged himself. But see ELDER-TREE, which is also sometimes called by the same name. See also MARSIGLIO.
judas-coloured hair
Fiery red. In the Middle Ages Judas Iscariot was represented with red hair and beard, as also was Cain.
judge a book by its cover
To judge something based on its appearance
Judge Lynch
In the U.S.A., a lynching, or the personification of lynch law.
judge not, that ye be not judged
Do not criticize others lest you be criticized yourself
judge, jury and executioner
One person having complete authority to decide and act
Judicial Committee
A committee of the Privy Council and the final court of appeal in the British Empire, except in Great Britain itself.
jug
Jail.
jug
A prison of any kind. Contraction of "stone jug."
jug ears
Having very large ears
jugged
Having a specified kind of breasts.
juggler's box
The engine for burning culprits in the hand. CANT.
juggling act
Managing multiple tasks or responsibilities simultaneously
juice box
A small carton of fruit juice with an attached plastic straw.
juice up
to energize or make something more exciting
juiced
Drunk.
juke
To hit.
Juke Box
An American term for a gramo- phone or automatic musical box that plays a selection of pieces when a coin is inserted.
juking and jiving
deceiving or evading someone with clever talk
julep
One of a set of drinks peculiar to America. Generally prepared with mint, and called a MINT-JULEP. Originally JULEP was a pleasant liquid, in which nauseous medicines were taken. Its literal meaning is rosewater, and it is derived from the Arabic.
jumblegut lane
A rough road or lane.
jump
The jump, or dining-room jump; a species of robbery effected by ascending a ladder placed by a sham lamp-lighter, against the house intended to be robbed. It is so called, because, should the lamp-lighter be put to flight, the thief who ascended the ladder has no means of escaping but that of jumping down.
jump
To seize, or rob; to "JUMP a man," to pounce upon him, and either rob or maltreat him; "to JUMP a house," to rob it.
jump at the chance
Eagerly accept an opportunity