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Jessamy Bride

is Mary Horneck, with whom Oliver Goldsmith feil in love in 1769.

 

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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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Jerry-shop, or a Tom and Jerry Shop
Jerry Sneak
Jerrymander
Jersey
Jerusalem
Jerusalem Artichoke
Jerusalem Chamber
Jerusalem Delivered
Jerusalem Pony
Jess (pl. Jesses)
Jessamy Bride
Jesse Tree
Jesse Window (A)
Jessica
Jesters
Jesuit
Jesus Paper
Jet
Jet dEau (French)
Jetsam or Jetson
Jettator