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JAMIE MOORE. To HAVE BEEN
TALKING TO JAMIE MOORE, verb.
phr. (Scots').—To be drunk. For
synonyms see DRINKS and SCREW-
ED.
JAMMED. To BE JAMMED, verb.
phr. (old).—To meet with a
violent death, by accident, mur-
der, or hanging. See JAM, verb.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
1859. M.AzsELL, Vocabulum, s.v.
JAM MY.—See JAm, subs. sense 4
and JAM-UP.
JAM POT, subs. (Australian).—i.
A high collar.
2. (venery).—The female I u -
dend um . For synonyms seeMo-
NOSYLLABLE.
JAM-TART, subs. (Stock exchange).
—T. Exactly the market ; buyers
and sellers at the same.
2. (common).—A wife or mistress;
a TART (q.v.).
JAMS, subs. (common).—An abbreviation
of JIM-JAMS (q.v.).
JAN, subs. (Old Cant.).—A purse.
For synonyms see POGE.
1610. ROWLANDS, Marlin Markall,
p. 39 (H. Club's Repr. 1874) S.V.
JANE, subs. (thieves').---A sovereign.
For synonyms see CANARY.
1864. Times, 14 April, 'Law Report.'
He had told. me before I went out, that
I could keep half a JANF. A JANE is a
sovereign.
JANE-OF-APES, subs. (old).—A pert
forward girl ; the counterpart of
JACKANAPES (q.v.).
1624. MASSINGER, Bondman, iii, 3.
Here 's JANE-OF-APES shall serve.
JAN GO, subs. (obsolete).—Liquor.
1721. RAmsAv, Lusky Sfrnce's Last
Advice, in Wks. (1848), ii. 302. Drive
at the JANGo till he spew.
JANIZARY, subs. (old). See quots.
1684. HEAD, PrOle/iS RediViVUS,
238. At door is received by some halfa-dozen
JANIZARIES more, of the same
brotherhood.
1690. B. E., Diet, Cant. Crew,
S.V. JANIZARIES . . . . also the Mob
sometimes so called, and Bailives, Sergeants,
Followers, Yeomen, Setters, and
any lewd gang depending upon others.
1691-2. Gentlemen's yo rnal,
March, p. 13. The aunt spied them in
deep consult with all their JAN1ZARIES.
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1859. MATSELL, Vocabulum, s.v.
JAN1ZARIES, a mob of pickpockets.
1895. H. B. MARRIOTT-WATSON,
The Lady's Chamber in New Review.
lxxii, 489. And was out and away upon
the turnpike to Uxbridge ere ever a
JANIZARY were in sight.
JAN NOCK (or JON NOCK), adj. (pro-
vincial).—Sociable; fair ; just ;
straightforward ; conclusive.
1843. MONCRIEFF, Scamps of London,
ii. 2. You'll act JANNOCK surely.
1871. Times, 4 Nov. When a gentleman,
began by blowing his own trumpet,
it was not altogether JANNOCK.
1878. HArroN, Cruel London,VIII,
Honour bright, no kid, as we say in
London, JANAK, as we say in the North ?
To DIE JANNOCK, verb. phr.
(old).—To die with bravado.
1882. FENNELL, Anliq. Chronicle,
Collection of Old Words,' July, p. 25, s.v.
JAN USMUG, subs. (American thieves').
—A go-between ; an intermediary
between a thief and a receiver.
1859. MATSELL, Vocabulunz, s.v.
J AP, subs. (colloquial).—A Japanner
(PuRcHAs) or Japanese.