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Definition of Jessamy

1. jasmine [n JESSAMIES] - See also: jasmine

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Jessamy

Jerusalem cherry Jerusalem cricket Jerusalem cross Jerusalem oak Jerusalem sage Jerusalem thorn Jerusalem Warriors Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome jervine Jespersen

jess jessamies jessamine jessamine jessamines jessamy (current term) jessant jessant jesse jesse

jessed jesses Jesse Jackson Jesse James Jesse Louis Jackson Jesse Owens Jessica Lucy Mitford Jessica Mitford jessie jessies

Literary usage of Jessamy

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1. Representative American Plays by Arthur Hobson Quinn (1917)
"jessamy. I say, Sir, I understand that Colonel Manly has the honour of having you ... jessamy. Well, Sir, we will not quarrel about terms upon the eve of an ..."

2. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1861)
"A last word respecting the jessamy Bride. THE Barton festivities are over; Christmas, with all its home- felt revelry of the heart, has passed like a dream; ..."

3. Representative Plays by American Dramatists by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"jessamy, who are these strange lodgers that came to the house last night? jessamy. Why, the master is a Yankee colonel; I have not seen much of him; ..."

4. Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography by Washington Irving, George Philip Krapp (1904)
"Again we hold the jessamy Bride responsible for this gorgeous splendor of wardrobe. The new wig no' doubt is a bag-wig and solitaire, still highly the mode, ..."

5. Works by Washington Irving (1897)
"... Passion—The jessamy Bride. IN October Goldsmith returned to town and resumed his usual haunts. We hear of him at a dinner given by his countryman Isaac ..."

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