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Jade

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A worthless horse. An old woman (used in contempt). A young woman (not necessarily contemptuous).

 

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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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Jacobins
Jacobites
Jacobus
Jacquard Loom
Jacqueline (of Paris)
Jacquerie (La)
Jacques
Jacqùes Bonhomme
Jactitation of Marriage
Jade or The Divine Stone
Jade
Jaffier
Jagger
Jail-bird (A)
Jamambuxes [Soldiers of the round valleys]
Jambon
Jambuscha [Jam-bus-cah]
James
James (St.)
Jamie or Jemmie Duffs
Jamshid

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Jade