What does jemmy-jessamy mean?

jemmy-jessamy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

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noun

Obsolete; Slang

adj

Obsolete; Slang

"These women were more men than our Jemmy-Jessamy countrymen."
"I promise you this was very different language to that she had been in the habit of hearing from her Jemmy-Jessamy adorers."

Jemmy-Jessamies (plural) Jemmy Jessamy (alternative) more Jemmy-Jessamy (comparative) most Jemmy-Jessamy (superlative)

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