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  • jumbay, jumbie
    See JUMBY 2
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  • juju (2)
    [also Krio KED, Gul, (Turner 1949:195); the word, found throughout West Africa meaning 'charm, fetish, taboo', has been derived from
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  • juju (1)
    /juwjuw/ [from jujube, probably influenced by JUJU2] n. the jujube tree, Zizyphus jujuba, and its sweet yellow fruit: 1976 Guavas, jujus,
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  • juice
    [US slang idem DAS; the allusion is probably to semen: cf. DHS jerk one's juice to mastur­bate] n. sexual intercourse
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  • juggle
    v. 1. [cf. Scots juggle to shake, jiggle to make jingling noise CSD] to jingle: I heard a juggling of
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  • jucking off
     [cf. Gul ju'k jerk (Gonzales 1922:308) and jerk off to masturbate DHS] n. masturba­tion: 1971 Masturbation . . ."jucking off"
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  • juck
    See JOOK.
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  • joy
    [OED, exultation of spirit] n. spirit, enthusiasm: 1936 Canada ain got no Empire joy (Dupuch 88). 'Lection come t' eart'
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  • Joseph's coat
    n. 1. [DJE idem; from its many colors] a plant, Euphorbia heterophylla: 1889 (Gardner 406). (Gen.) 2. the banana tree leaf
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  • jook, juck, juke
    /juk/ [Atlantic (cf. Krio, Cam. chuk idem); "cf. Fulani jukka pokè ... perhaps reinforced by Port. chocar push, thrust" DJE
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