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3,857 words match “JO”

JO n.
A sweetheart; a darling. [Scot.] Burns.
JOB n. 14 definitions
occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars.
JOBATION n.
A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof. [Law] Grose.
JOBBER n. 4 definitions
One who works by the job.
JOBBERNOWL n.
A blockhead. [Colloq. & Obs.] H. Taylor.
JOBBERY n. 2 definitions
The act or practice of jobbing.
JOBBING a. 2 definitions
Doing chance work or add jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter.
JOCANTRY n.
The act or practice of jesting. [Obs.]
JOCKEY v. 6 definitions
" To jostle by riding against one." Johnson.
JOCKEYING n.
The act or management of one who jockeys; trickery. Beaconsfield.
JOCKEYISM n.
The practice of jockeys.
JOCKEYSHIP n.
The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey. Go flatter Sawney for his jockeyship. Chatterton. Where can at last his jockeyship retire Cowper.
JOCOSE a.
Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous. To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with an adversary. Shaftesbury. All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded. I. Watts.
JOCOSERIOUS a.
Mingling mirth and seriousness. M. Green.
JOCOSITY n.
A jocose act or saying; jocoseness. Sir T. Browne.
JOCULAR a. 2 definitions
Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person.
JOCULARITY n.
Jesting; merriment.
JOCULARLY adv.
In jest; for sport or mirth; jocosely.
JOCULARY a.
Jocular; jocose; sportive. Bacon.
JOCULATOR n.
A jester; a joker. [Obs.] Strutt.
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