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Definition of Jerkiest
1. jerky [adj] - See also: jerky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerkiest
Literary usage of Jerkiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Successors of Homer by William Cranston Lawton (1898)
"The jerkiest turns of the verse are when, from time to time, it occurs to the
loving brother that it is time to admonish Perses once more. ..."
2. The Midland by Frank Luther Mott, John Towner Frederick (1919)
"... and his Sundays belonged to the Ladds', just as his days belonged to the store.
"What's the matter with Sunday?" asked Dolly, laughing in her jerkiest, ..."
3. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1901)
"... always appearing suddenly, and tearing at full speed, with the jerkiest of
bounds, through uneven scrub, which partially conceals even that tiny mark. ..."
4. The Sa'-zada Tales by William Alexander Fraser (1905)
""That Eagle Child had ridden up to meet the Grizzly was in itself a fair promise
for excitement, but also his Cayuse was one of the jerkiest brutes ever ..."
5. A Handbook of Ethical Theory by George Stuart Fullerton (1922)
"He who must justify every act by reflection is condemned to the jerkiest and most
hesitant of moral lives. Perceptional moral intuition must stand our ..."
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