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  • jock
    See CHOCK.
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  • job depression
    n. an economic depression; wide­spread unemployment. (Nassau, San Sal.)
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  • jive
    n. [cf. US Black "jive misleading talk; cf. Wolof jev, jew to talk about somebody in his absence, esp. in a disparaging way;
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  • jittimy
    See JITNEY 3.
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  • jitney
    [cf. US Black jitney taxi (Walker 1956: 200); cf. OEDS I "the Jewish slang term for a nickel [5 cents].... jitney
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  • jinny
    [cf. Krio jinay genie, from Arabic via Mende (Hancock p.c.); cf. also OED jinnee genie, spirit] n. a ghost. (Black)
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  • jinjy
    /jinji/ [cf. CHIN-CHIN idem] n. a bird, the banana quit (Coereba flaveola). = BAHAMA SPARROW, BANANA BIRD 1, CHEE CHEE, etc.,
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  • jimbay
    See JUMBAY .
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  • jig up
    [OED jig to do a lively, rapid, springy kind of dance] v. phr. to dance: 1978 Dey got what dey call
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  • jibdog
    [cf. Brit. dial jibby girl dresed in showy finery OED] n. a female dog: 1950 In common parlance a jibdog
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