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Definition of Jasey
1. n. A wig; -- so called, perhaps, from being made of, or resembling, Jersey yarn.
Definition of Jasey
1. Noun. A wig, notably made of worsted wool ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jasey
1. a wig [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jasey
Literary usage of Jasey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Songs of Charles Dibdin: Chronologically Arranged, with Notes by Charles Dibdin, George Hogarth (1848)
"... But he wheez'd pretty much with a cough, And, being long since past his prime,
He look'd, when the jasey was off, Exactly the figure of Time. ..."
2. Retrospections of the Stage by John Bernard (1830)
"Put some powder in your jasey, you black-looking ... Do you think to bother us
wid your black looks ? Go and powder your jasey, ..."
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