Jerusalem the golden, subs. phr. (common).—Brighton; Cf. Holy of Holies.
Jerusalem-pony, subs. (common).—1.
An ass.
1842. Punch, iii, p. 168, col. 2. We saw a Jerusalem pony in Clare market yesterday.
1846. Thackeray, Cornhill to Cairo, xv. Here we alighted upon donkeys. . . . We had a Jerusalem pony race into Cairo.
1851. Mayhew, Lond. Lab., i. 28. Sometimes a party of two or three will be seen closely examining one of these Jerusalem ponies.
1876. Hindley, Cheap Jack, p. 215. The proper thing is to have a real Jerusalem pony, i.e. donkey.
2. (clerical).—A needy clergyman helping for hire. Cf. Guinea-pig.
Jessamy. See Jemmy Jessamy.
1684. R. Head, Proteus Redivivus, 279. That they may not poison their Jissamy barbers.
1772. G. A. Stevens, Songs Comic and Satyrical, 190. By terror of parents, or tempted by gain, The lady resigns to some Jessamy swain.
Jesse (or Jessie or Jessy). To
give (or raise) jesse, verb. phr.
(American). To rate with vigor;
to thrash. For synonyms see
Baste and Tan.
1847. Robb, Squatter Life, p. 33. Well, hoss, you've slashed the hide off 'er that feller, touched his raw, and rumpled his feathers,—that's the way to give him jessy.
1854. Haliburton (Sam Slick), in Bartlett. Allen was giving him particular jesse.
1857. St. Louis Republican (quoted by Bartlett). They all say that the Mormons are going to give us Jessie.
1867. Campaign with General Price, p. 27. Well, gentlemen, I think we have given them very particular Jessie on this field.
Jester, subs. (colloquial).—A
general term of banter for a
man; a joker (q.v.); a 'nice
un' (q.v.).
2. (American).—See Joker, sense 2.
Jesuit, subs. (Cambridge University).—1.
A graduate or undergraduate
of Jesus College.
1771. Smollett, Humphrey Clinker, To Sir W. Phillips, April 20. 'Direct your next to me at Bath; and remember me to all our fellow Jesuits.'
1856. Hall, College Words and Phrases, p. 270, s.v.
2. (venery).—A sodomite: jesuit's fraternity = the World of Sodomy. For synonyms see Usher.
1647-80. Rochester, A Ramble in St. James's Park, in Wks. (1728), 84. The jesuits' fraternity Shall leave the use of buggery.
To box the jesuit, verb. phr. (old). See quot. For synonyms see Frig.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Box the Jesuit . . . for masturbation. . . . A crime it is said much practised by the reverend fathers of that society.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
Jet, subs. (old).—A lawyer. For
synonyms see Greenbag. Autem-*jet
= a parson.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.
Verb. (old).—To strut; to walk pompously. See jetter.
1537. Thersites [Dodsley, Old Plays (1874), i. 430]. The Knave that here erewhile did jet.
1562-3. Jack Juggler [Dodsley, Old Plays (1874), ii. 117]. She simpereth, she pranketh, and jetteth without fail, As a peacock that hath spread and showeth her gay tail.
