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Mary Jane|ˈmɛərɪ dʒeɪn| The female Christian names Mary and Jane used in transf. senses: 1. [Proprietary name.] A type of low-heeled shoe with a strap round the ankle or across the instep, worn chiefly by young girls. Also attrib.
1921Amer. Wholesale Corporation (Baltimore) Catal. 341 Infants' first step Mary Janes. Ibid., Infants' soft sole ‘Mary Jane’ slippers. 1938D. Baker Young Man with Horn ii. iii. 115 The little girl..was wearing pink cotton half socks and black patent leather Mary-Janes. 1967J. J. Pareti How to sell Footwear Profitably xi. 130 Bell bottom trousers and mini skirts..are complemented by low-heeled barebacks, Mary Janes, T-strap sandals and boots. Ibid. xv. 159 Mary Jane. The classic party shoe previously for little girls, now for adults as well. Black leather patent pump with instep strap and bow. 1968Guardian 26 July 1/5 Soft-soled Mary Jane shoes or supple white boots. 1969R. Jaffe Fame Game (1970) i. 21 She had on white stockings and black patent Mary Janes. 1973Washington Post/Potomac 30 Dec. 4/1 Massey's shoe store..had the low-heeled Mary Janes made for her. 2. Also Mary J, maryjane. = marijuana. slang. Cf. Mary 1 d.
1928Daily Express 11 Oct. 2/7 What is Marijuana?.. A deadly Mexican drug, more familiarly known as ‘Mary Jane’, which produces wild hilarity when either smoked or eaten. 1940Amer. Speech XV. 336 The cigarettes are usually called reefers, but other names are:..Mary Anns, Mary Janes. 1959N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 245, I had marijuana. Mary-Jane..was the door back to sex. 1965F. Sargeson Mem. of Peon vii. 254 He..returned with the news that the backyard was all overgrown with a harvest of Mary Jane. 1967Boston Sunday Herald 26 Mar. iv. 1/1 Marijuana..is better known..as ‘pot’, ‘grass’ and ‘Mary J’. 1967Punch 26 July 123/2 He probably wouldn't even need the pot, grass, boo or maryjane. 1970‘D. Shannon’ Unexpected Death (1971) x. 146 ‘What did they buy?’ asked Mendoza. ‘Oh, Mary Jane. Twenty reefers,’ said Callaghan. 1971D. Heffron Nice Fire & Some Moonpennies i. 11 ‘You Indians were onto this kinda stuff long before we were.’ ‘Onto what?’ ‘Mary Jane, Maizie, Mary Jane!’ 1972Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 2 July 14/3 Detectives from the CIB Drug Squad in Brisbane are becoming quite familiar now with words like..mezz, Mary Jane. |