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Definition of "jessamy" []

  • The jasmine. (noun)
  • A dandy: so called, it is said, because it was a habit of fops to wear a sprig of jasmine in their buttonhole. (noun)
  • Like jasmine in color or perfume.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "jessamy" in a sentence
  • "There were also "jessamy" gloves -- namely, kid gloves perfumed with jessamine; a black velvet mask; a superb painted fan; a box of patches, another of violet powder, another of rouge, and a fourth of pomatum; one of the"
  • "Wi'that she gid me a beautiful spreg o 'jessamy, jist"
  • "I'd rather zitin tha poorch, wi 'tha jessamy ranglin roun it, and hire"
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