Jamie Moore. To have been talking to Jamie Moore, verb. phr. (Scots').—To be drunk. For synonyms see Drinks and Screwed.
Jammed. To be jammed, verb.
phr. (old).—To meet with a
violent death, by accident, murder,
or hanging. See Jam, verb.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.
Jammy.—See Jam, subs. sense 4
and Jam-up.
Jampot, subs. (Australian).—1.
A high collar.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms see Monosyllable.
Jam-tart, subs. (Stock exchange).—1.
Exactly the market; buyers
and sellers at the same.
2. (common).—A wife or mistress; a tart (q.v.).
Jams, subs. (common).—An abbreviation
of jim-jams (q.v.).
Jan, subs. (Old Cant).—A purse.
For synonyms see Poge.
1610. Rowlands, Martin Markall, p. 39 (H. Club's Repr. 1874) s.v.
Jane, subs. (thieves').—A sovereign.
For synonyms see Canary.
1864. Times, 14 April, 'Law Report.' He had told me before I went out, that I could keep half a jane. A jane is a sovereign.
Jane-of-apes, subs. (old).—A pert
forward girl; the counterpart of
jackanapes (q.v.).
1624. Massinger, Bondman, iii, 3. Here's Jane-of-apes shall serve.
Jango, subs. (obsolete).—Liquor.
1721. Ramsay, Lusky Spence's Last Advice, in Wks. (1848), ii. 302. Drive at the jango till he spew.
Janizary, subs. (old). See quots.
1684. Head, Proteus Redivivus, 238. At door is received by some half-a-dozen janizaries more, of the same brotherhood.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Janizaries . . . also the Mob sometimes so called, and Bailives, Sergeants, Followers, Yeomen, Setters, and any lewd gang depending upon others.
1691-2. Gentlemen's Journal, March, p. 13. The aunt spied them in deep consult with all their janizaries.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v. Janizaries, a mob of pickpockets.
1895. H. B. Marriott-Watson, The Lady's Chamber in New Review. lxxii, 489. And was out and away upon the turnpike to Uxbridge ere ever a janizary were in sight.
Jannock (or Jonnock), adj. (provincial).—Sociable;
fair; just;
straightforward; conclusive.
1843. Moncrieff, Scamps of London, ii. 2. You'll act jannock surely.
1871. Times, 4 Nov. When a gentleman, began by blowing his own trumpet, it was not altogether jannock.
1878. Hatton, Cruel London, VIII, ii. 'Honour bright, no kid, as we say in London, janak, as we say in the North?
To die jannock, verb. phr. (old).—To die with bravado.
1882. Fennell, Antiq. Chronicle, 'Collection of Old Words,' July, p. 25, s.v.
Janusmug, subs. (American thieves').—A
go-between; an intermediary
between a thief and a receiver.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.
Jap, subs. (colloquial).—A Japanner
(Purchas) or Japanese.
