jestn.
/dʒɛst/, U.S. /dʒɛst/ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > valour > deed of valour > [noun]
deedOE
jeopardya1300
prowessc1300
gestsa1340
jesta1400
facta1525
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 123 (MED) I sal..tell sum gestes principale; For all may na man haue in talle.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 40 Hit is conteyned in the gestis of Athenes that there was an holy hermite.
1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. E.4 The noble iestes at whome.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. iiijv Settyng furthe the iestes, actes and deedes, of the nobilitie.
1594 T. Lodge Wounds Ciuill War in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) VII. 186 Now, by my sword, this was a worthy jest.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies i. vii. 22 These two authors agree in their ieasts.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > verse romance
yeddingc950
gesta1300
jesta1300
romancec1330
romaunt1530
roman d'aventure1868
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > story of exploits
gesta1300
jesta1300
saga1857
a1300 K. Horn 522 Murie was þe feste Al of faire gestes.
13.. K. Alis. 30 Here a noble jeste of Alisaundre theo riche kyng.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer Prol. f. cccxxv Men..that..so moche swalowen the delyciousnesse of iestes and of ryme.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun]
spellc888
triflea1250
talea1325
vanity1340
a tale of waltrot1377
fablec1384
niflec1395
triflerya1400
truffc1430
jest1488
winter's talec1555
winter story1646
galley-packet1786
galley-yarn1874
cuffer1887
ploda1903
scuttlebutt yarn1918
just-so story1922
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 93 Fy on fortoun, fy on thi frewall quehyll..His plesance her till him was bot a gest.
a1577 G. Gascoigne R. Courtop in Mem. Thus this foolishe iest, I put in dogrell rime.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxiv. 140 Alexander taking it for a iest would not beleeve it.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bourde, a ieast, fib, tale of a tub.
1620 T. Peyton Glasse of Time i. (1623) 50 The paradise of Rome's fantastike braine Is but a iest a little wealth to gaine.
4. A mocking or jeering speech; a taunt, a jeer. Also, in milder sense, A piece of raillery or banter. to break a jest (also in sense 5): see break v. 23.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun] > piece or instance of
jest1548
rallery1645
raillery1653
rally1659
banter1679
quiz1795
josh1878
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [noun] > instance of
hoker-wordOE
gabc1225
scornc1275
jape1377
bourda1387
gaudc1440
knack1513
scoffing1530
gleekc1540
jest1548
to have a fling at?1550
snack?1554
boba1566
taunta1566
gird1566
flim-flam-flirt1573
gibe1573
scoff1573
flouting-stock1593
mycterism1593
flirt1613
fleera1616
scomma1620
jeer1631
snouchc1780
brocard1837
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lxxviiv [He] fled to Burges in Berrie,..and therfore in a Iest he was comonly called the kyng of Burges and of Berries.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Aiii An other is so narrow in ye sholders, that he can beare no iestes nor tawntes.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 172 Too bitter is thy iest. Are we betrayed thus to thy ouer-view? View more context for this quotation
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 183 You breake iests as braggards do their blades, which God be thanked hurt not. View more context for this quotation
1670 T. S. & A. Roberts Adventures Eng. Merchant 27 He cast a Jest upon every one of us, which gave the Company a great deal of Mirth.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 258 Might he but set the rabble in a roar, He cared not with what jest.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 233 That their return to Normandy was owing to the importunities of their wives would be an obvious jest at the time.
5.
a. A saying intended to excite laughter; a witticism, joke.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry
playOE
gameOE
ragec1330
ribaldyc1330
triflinga1382
bourda1387
japeryc1386
jesting1526
jest1551
jollity1591
pleasantry1602
lepidity1647
drollery1653
droll1670
sport1671
pleasancy1684
funniment1822
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke
gameOE
jape1377
bourda1387
mirthc1390
mowa1393
chapec1400
skauncec1440
sport?1449
popc1540
flirt1549
jest1551
merriment1576
shifta1577
facetiae1577
gig1590
pleasantry1594
lepidity1647
rallery1653
drollery1654
wit-crack1662
joco1663
pleasance1668
joke1670
jocunditya1734
quizzification1801
funniment1826
side-splitter1834
funniness1838
quizzery1841
jocularity1846
rib-tickler1855
jocosity1859
humorism1860
gag1863
gas1914
nifty1918
mirthquaker1921
rib1929
boffo1934
giggle1936
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia i. sig. Eii He himself was oftener laughed at then his iestes were.
1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 152 (margin) He forgot..who exceeded al other in uttering delightsome ieastes with a convenient grace.
1640 F. Quarles Enchyridion iv. 83 Let not thy laughter hand~sell thy owne Jest.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 141. ⁋8 The hapless wit has his labours always to begin..and one jest only raises expectation of another.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 74 The jests, that flash'd about the pleader's room, Lightning of the hour.
b. transferred. Something the recital of which causes amusement; a ludicrous event or circumstance.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > one who or that which is comical
comedy1535
toy1542
jest1602
joke1670
comic1674
high comedy1707
humorous1753
comicality1796
funny1852
funniosity1871
hot sketch1917
pisser1918
riot1919
panic1921
cocasserie1934
yell1938
mess1952
crack-up1961
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor ii. ii. 108 Fal. Hath misteris Page & mistris Ford, Acquainted each other how dearly they loue me? Quic. O God no sir: there were a iest indeed.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. i. 129 A proper iest, and neuer heard before, That Suffolke should demand a whole Fifteenth. View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 32 Now I remember here of a pretty jest, for he and I going in [etc.].
1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. i. 18 To complete the jest, Old Edward's Armour beams on Cibber's breast.
6.
a. The opposite of earnest or seriousness; trifling sport, fun. Chiefly in phrases, as in jest: not seriously, without serious intention, in joke, in fun.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [adverb]
agamec1300
bourdfullya1400
in sportc1450
aplay1459
bourdly1500
in jest1551
bourdingly1552
sportingly1561
jestingly1569
sportingwise1579
sportfullya1586
sportively1656
for fun1750
flippantly1758
pour rire1872
1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason (1580) 68 Reasonyng in ieste after this sorte, and yet meanyng good earnest.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. iii. 99 His eies do drop no teares, his prayers are in iest . View more context for this quotation
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 83 I complaining therof to my Host, he between ieast and earnest replied [etc.].
1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 163 In loves schoole, wherein who-so studies in jest, may learne in good earnest.
1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. xxxviii. 72 Epaminondas..never permitted himself to utter a falsehood even in jest.
1851 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 4) iv. 102 The jest and earnest working side by side.
b. Jesting, joking, merriment; ridicule.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun]
mirth1560
dicacity1592
jest1597
pleasantry1602
raillery1642
rallery1652
badinage1658
banter1660
disport1667
badinerie1712
rig1725
bantery1739
jokery1740
persiflage1757
quizzery1809
quiz1819
chaff1841
borak1845
barrackc1890
mickey-take1968
smack talk1989
bants2008
1597 F. Bacon Ess. f. 2v Some thinges are priuiledged from iest, namely Religion, matters of state, great persons,..and any case that deserueth pittie.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 181 Alas poore Yoricke..A fellow of infinite iest, of most excellent fancie. View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 31 Haste thee nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlix. 188 A hopeful subject of jest and merriment between you.
1856 C. Patmore Espousals viii, in Angel in House II. 120 In joy's crown danced the feather jest.
c. A thing that is not serious or earnest; a jocular affair.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a joking matter
joke1726
jesta1732
a1732 J. Gay Epitaph Life is a jest, and all things shew it, I thought so once, and now I know it.
1822 Ld. Byron Werner ii. i Oh, thou world! Thou art indeed a melancholy jest!
7. A sportive action, prank, frolic; a trick played in sport, a practical joke. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [noun] > instance of
jest1578
jig1592
wilec1600
waggery1604
pleasance1668
quiz1795
practical joke1804
skite1804
skit1815
galliardise1842
leg-pull1893
rannygazoo1896
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax
pratOE
mowa1393
pageant?c1430
jimp?1572
prank1576
jest1578
jig1592
frump1593
trick1605
bilk1664
fun1699
plisky1706
humbug1750
hum1751
practical joke1751
marlock1763
quiz1795
practical joke1804
skite1804
hoax1808
skit1815
wrinkle1817
rusty1835
funny business1838
string1851
stringer1851
cod1862
mank1865
spoof1889
leg-pull1893
rannygazoo1896
shenanigan1926
gotcha1967
to throw a fastball1968
wind-up1984
1578 N. Baxter tr. J. Calvin Lect. upon Jonah Compl. 3 Guy of Warwicke Scoggins gests and Gargantua.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 240 Holde the sweeete ieast [1623 iest] vp. This sport well carried, shall bee chronicled. View more context for this quotation
1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age in Wks. (1874) III. 238 If Vulcan in this ieast hath pleas'd the Gods, All his owne wrongs he freely can forgiue.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 110 March begins with a Licentious Week of Sports..nor are they to be offended at any Jest or Waggery.
1807 Salmagundi 24 Feb. 64 Students famous for their love of a jest—set the college on fire, and burnt out the professors.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > other performances > [noun]
jest1592
entremet1766
parlour trick1866
quête1903
Gesamtkunstwerk1939
mixed media1945
1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. i. sig. Cv But where is olde Hieronimo our Marshall, He promised vs..To grace our banquet with some pompous iest. [stage direct.] Enter Hieronimo with a Drum, three Knights..then he fetches three Kings, etc.
1601 A. Munday Downfall Earle of Huntington sig. B1 v My riuall..Hath crost mee in this iest, and at the Court, Imployes the Players, should haue made vs sport.
9. An object of or matter for jesting or derision; a laughing-stock.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > object of ridicule
hethinga1340
japing-stickc1380
laughing stock?1518
mocking-stock1526
laughing game1530
jesting-stock1535
mockage1535
derision1539
sporting stocka1556
game1562
May game1569
scoffing-stock1571
playing stock1579
make-play1592
flouting-stock1593
sport1598
bauchle1600
jest1606
butt1607
make-sport1611
mocking1611
mirtha1616
laughing stakea1630
scoff1640
gaud1650
blota1657
make-mirth1656
ridicule1678
flout1708
sturgeon1708
laugh1710
ludibry1722
jestee1760
make-game1762
joke1791
laughee1808
laughing post1810
target1842
jest-word1843
Aunt Sally1859
monument1866
punchline1978
1606 S. Hieron Truths Purchase in Wks. (1620) I. 46 [He] scorneth it, [the Word] and maketh a very ieast of it.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 145 Why then make sport at me, then let me be your iest . View more context for this quotation
1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal v. ii. 69 To be the standing jest of all one's acquaintance.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. v. 47 My father and mother were a standing jest.
1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion ii. iii. 69 Lowly virtue is the jest of fools.
Compounds
C1. jest-killer, jest-monger; †jest-monging adj.
ΚΠ
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. x. sig. H5 Tuscus, that iest-mounging youth, Who nere did ope his Apish gerning mouth But to retaile and broke anothers wit.
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 754 A witless jestmonger.
a1851 J. Baillie De Monfort i. ii, in Dramatic & Poet. Wks. (1853) 81 Some witlings and jest-mongers still remain For fools to laugh at.
C2.
jest-wise adv. in a jesting manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > in a jesting manner
merrilyc1395
japinglya1420
pleasantly1552
jestingly1569
facetiously1598
facetely1620
joculatorily1623
sportively1631
lepidly1653
jocularly1655
jocundarily1660
ludicrouslya1678
drollingly1684
jokingly1700
jocosely1725
humorously1752
drolly1791
jest-wise1844
side-splittingly1859
japishly1888
jokily1976
1844 E. B. Browning Vision of Poets ccxli Because Anacreon looked jest-wise.
jest-word n. a word of jesting; transferred an object of jesting or ridicule (cf. byword n.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > object of ridicule
hethinga1340
japing-stickc1380
laughing stock?1518
mocking-stock1526
laughing game1530
jesting-stock1535
mockage1535
derision1539
sporting stocka1556
game1562
May game1569
scoffing-stock1571
playing stock1579
make-play1592
flouting-stock1593
sport1598
bauchle1600
jest1606
butt1607
make-sport1611
mocking1611
mirtha1616
laughing stakea1630
scoff1640
gaud1650
blota1657
make-mirth1656
ridicule1678
flout1708
sturgeon1708
laugh1710
ludibry1722
jestee1760
make-game1762
joke1791
laughee1808
laughing post1810
target1842
jest-word1843
Aunt Sally1859
monument1866
punchline1978
1843 J. G. Whittier Christian Slave 11 The jest-word of a mocking band.
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jestv.
/dʒɛst/, U.S. /dʒɛst/ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > recitation > recite [verb (intransitive)] > a romance, verses, etc.
singc900
gestc1386
jestc1386
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale Prol. 43 I kan nat geeste, Rum, Ram, Ruf by lettre.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 7256 Whenne þei were gladdest at þe feest Sampson coude wel geest.
c1425 Leg. Rood (1871) App. 211 I haue ioye forto gest Of þe lambe of love with-oute oþe.
14.. Sir Beues (MS. N) 2244 Als feire a man as thei myȝt gest.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 191/1 Gestyn' yn romawnce, gestio.
2.
a. intransitive. To utter gibes or taunts; to give utterance to ridicule; to scoff, jeer, mock.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [verb (intransitive)]
gab?c1225
scoffa1380
mockc1475
to mock and mow1509
jest1526
jeer1553
taunt1560
gibe1567
scripa1572
to come over ——1600
flirt1603
tit1622
to sling off (at)1911
signify1932
barrack-
1526 Bible (Tyndale) 3 John 10 Iestynge on vs with malicious wordes.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 562/1 I geste, I rayle upon one, je raffarde. I love nat his condyscions, for he doth but jeste upon other men.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxvii. 23 Than clappe men their hondes at him, yee and ieast of him.
1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 73 Ȝe schaw ȝour arrogance only..to be lachin and gestit at.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 313 He..made an oath he would never jest at spirits again.
b. transitive. To jeer at; to ridicule; to banter.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [verb (transitive)]
heascenc1000
gabc1225
tita1400
knackc1425
scoff1530
flout1551
taunt1560
gird1573
beflout1574
scoff1578
gibe1582
flirt1593
gleek1593
to geck at1603
to gall ata1616
jeera1616
gorea1632
jest1721
fleer1732
chi-hike1874
chip1898
chip1898
to sling off (at)1911
jive1928
sound1958
wolf1966
1721 A. Ramsay Content 248 Be not aghast; Come briskly on, you'll jest them when they're past; Mere empty spectres.
1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 427 I jested them in commending the swiftness of their horses.
1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 8 728 Mock'd by the madman, jested by the fool.
1830 G. P. R. James Darnley II. vii. 139 He jested his companion upon his gravity.
3. intransitive. To speak or act in a trifling manner or not seriously; to trifle.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > do for mere amusement [verb (intransitive)]
playOE
fanglea1400
mock1440
jest1530
paddle1616
wanton1628
fun1802
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > act or speak with lack of seriousness [verb (intransitive)]
jest1530
daff1535
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 562/1 I gest, I bourde or tryfyll with one, je bourde. I sayd it nat in good earnest, I dyd but..jeste with you.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lxiijv God forbydde I should ieste in these weyghty matters.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. iii. 94 Verily I do not iest with you: there came newes from him last night. View more context for this quotation
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xiii. 270 The most sportfull fishes dare not jest with the edged-tools of this Dead-sea.
1876 Bulwer-Lytton's Pausanias (ed. 2) i. i. 39 ‘Jest not, Pausanias; you will find me in earnest,’ answered Uliades, doggedly.
4. † b. intransitive. To disport or amuse oneself; to make merry; ? to act in a masque or play. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To say something amusing or facetious; to make witty or humorous remarks; to joke.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > cause laughter [verb (intransitive)] > jest or joke
gameOE
jest1553
mow1559
cog1588
to break a jest1589
droll1654
joke1670
fool1673
crack a jest1721
crack a joke1753
pleasant1848
humorize1851
rot1896
kibitz1923
gag1942
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. f. 74 Other can iest at iarge, & tel a round tale pleasantly.
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 34 Now was Severus the Emperour, an Emperour of his own name, as they jested upon him, Severe was his name, and severe his nature.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 215. ⁋2 Because Mirth is agreeable, another thinks fit eternally to jest.
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. iv Well jested, Symon.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 97 He drank: he jested: he was again the Dick Talbot who had diced and revelled with Grammont.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (intransitive)]
playeOE
glewc900
gameOE
lakec1300
solace1340
bourdc1440
dallyc1440
sporta1450
to make sportc1475
disport1480
to have a good (bad, etc.) time (of it, formerly on it)1509
toy?1521
pastime1523
recreate1589
jest1597
feast1609
deliciate1633
divert1670
carpe diem1817
hobby-horse1819
popjoy1853
that'll be the day1916
to play around1929
loon1969
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 95 As gentle, and as iocund as to iest Go I to fight. View more context for this quotation
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 29 To the end that those of the House..seeing them jest (beating one the other with pillowes) might beleeve that thence began the first noise.
c. quasi-transitive, usually with adverb or phrase expressing result.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > cause laughter [verb (transitive)] > utter a jest or joke
jest?a1562
spring1686
crack1957
?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 142 The matter was gested & laughed owte, merylye.
a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman v. iv. 112 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) Do not jest thy self Into the danger of a Fathers anger.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 358. ⁋1 Thus they have jested themselves stark naked, and ran into the Streets, and frighted Women.
1802 Oracle in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1803) VI. 291 I have jested away all my friends.
1811 C. Lamb Edax on Appetite in Ess. (1835) That freak..jested me out of a good three hundred pounds a year.
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jestadv.
/dʒɛst/, U.S. /dʒɛst/ = just adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb]
rightlyeOE
righteOE
evenOE
evenlya1225
redlyc1275
justicelya1375
justilya1375
justlya1375
redilya1375
trulya1375
properlya1382
precisec1392
preciselyc1392
truec1392
straitlya1395
leala1400
arightc1405
by linec1420
justlyc1425
featlya1450
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smack-dab1892
spot on1920
forensically1974
1815 D. Humphreys Yankey in Eng. i. 22 I'm rather in a strait, jest now.
1890 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 19 Jest send in your Chief an' surrender.
1896 in G. F. Northall Warwickshire Word-bk. 119.
1908 A. J. Dawson Finn xix. 293 Jest you remember, my boy, that where I sleeps I breakfast.
1971 M. Babson Cover-up Story x. 112 Hell, it was jest a thought.
1973 Black World June 63 Jest git on da good foot.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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