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Traditional English :: Jekyll and Hyde
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jekiness.html - n. a person alternately displaying opposing good and evil personalities. [R. L. Stevenson's story The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde] |
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English Idioms :: Jehu
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jekiness.html - See: DRIVE LIKE JEHU. |
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English Idioms :: jerker
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jekiness.html - See: SODA JERK or SODA JERKER. |
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English Idioms :: jerks
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jekiness.html - {adv. phr.} With many stops and starts, a little now and a little more later; not all the time; irregularly. * /He had worked on the invention by fits and starts for several years./ * /You will never get anywhere if you study just by fits and starts./ Compare: FROM TIME TO TIME, OFF AND ON. |
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English Idioms :: jerry-built
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jekiness.html - {adj.} 1. Built poorly or carelessly of cheap materials; easily broken. * /That jerry-built cabin will blow apart in a strong wind./ 2. Done without careful preparation or thought; planned too quickly. * /When the regular television program didn't come on, a jerry-built program was substituted at the last minute./ |
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English Idioms :: Jesus shoes
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jekiness.html - {n.}, {slang} Men's sandals, particularly as worn by hippies and very casually dressed people. * /I dig your Jesus boots, man, they look cool./ |
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