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Jersey   /dʒˈərzi/   Listen
Jersey

noun
(pl. jerseys)
1.
A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies.  Synonyms: Garden State, New Jersey, NJ.
2.
The largest of the Channel Islands.  Synonym: island of Jersey.
3.
A close-fitting pullover shirt.  Synonyms: T-shirt, tee shirt.
4.
A slightly elastic machine-knit fabric.
5.
A breed of diary cattle developed on the island of Jersey.



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"Jersey" Quotes from Famous Books



... New Jersey high schools, Bliss states [28] that one of the striking facts found is the "steady decrease of failure from the freshman to the senior year." If we bear in mind that Bliss used only the promotion sheets for his data, and took no ...
— The High School Failures - A Study of the School Records of Pupils Failing in Academic or - Commercial High School Subjects • Francis P. Obrien
... you have your try," said Endicott, chuckling as if it were a good joke. "Here's a little farm down in Jersey. It's swampy and thick with mosquitoes. I understand it won't grow a beanstalk. There are twelve acres and a tumble-down house on it. I've had to take it in settlement of a mortgage. The man's dead and there's nothing but the farm to lay ...
— Lo, Michael! • Grace Livingston Hill
... sixteenth century came (chiefly in the seventeenth) the founders of settlements that grew into States—French Huguenots in Florida and Carolina; Spaniards in St. Augustine; English Protestants in Virginia and Massachusetts; Dutch and English in New York; Swedes in New Jersey and Delaware; Catholic English in Maryland; Quaker English and Germans in Pennsylvania; Germans and Scotch-Irish in Carolina; French Catholics in Louisiana; Oglethorpe's debtors ...
— Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II - The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562--1733 • Various
... the camels and loading them was freezing work, during which our fingers were quite numbed. Shivering, we walked along until the sun was above the trees, then in a little its rays warmed to their work, and we would peal off now a coat, now a jersey or shirt, until in the middle of the day the heat was too great to be pleasant. Poor little Val hated the cold nights, and, as I always sleep away from a fire, she used to crawl into my blankets and lie up against ...
— Spinifex and Sand - Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia • David W Carnegie
... Each principal drew on a sleeveless jersey and gymnasium trousers, the latter secured by a belt. On the feet were rubber-soled shoes, as giving the best chance for foothold on the ...
— Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point • H. Irving Hancock


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