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Jean Farine [Jack Flour]

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A sort of Scaramouch, generally very tall, and representing a loutish boy dressed all in white, the hair, face, and hands being covered with flour.

“Jean Farine sʹen fervient (du manteau dʹun gentilhomme Gascon) un bonnet; et à le voir blanchastre, il semble quʹil soit desja enfariné.”—Les Jeux de lʹInconnu (1645).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Jaw
Jā-wāb
Jawbone
Jay (A)
Jay
Jazey
Je Maintiendrai (I will maintain)
Je ne Sais Quoi
Jeames
Jean Crapaud
Jean Farine [Jack Flour]
Jean de Lettre (Mr. Jenkins)
Jean de la Suie (French)
Jean de la Vigne (French)
Jean des Vignes (French)
Jeannot (French)
Jebusites
Jedwood Justice
Jehennam
Jehovistic
Jehu