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- proper noun A female
given name
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Jessamy," said Diana, "this is my -- my friend Peregrine as do want you to teach him the game."
Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915
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Two more days and there would be an end of "Jessamy"
The Mississippi Bubble Emerson Hough 1890
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"Jessamy," said the Major, a few days after, as he sat at dinner with his daughter, "I think I can tell you something to match the mysterious disappearance and return of your wardrobe.
Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories Bret Harte 1869
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Jessamy was sitting at her desk in the great hall, a small fire merrily blazing away, and a pot of vesh steaming at her side.
In Gordath Wood: Writer Patrice Sarath » Gordath Wood Book III 2010
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Among the coverage: profiles of both Jessamy and Bernstein.
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The Maryland law Jessamy helped pass elevates witness intimidation from a misdemeanor to a felony punishable by a minimum of five years.
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Jessamy following his gaze thought its pleasantly free of students.
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But Jessamy is no more a crime-fighting partner now than she was before.
ACORN claims video was doctored - E_Pluribus_Unum’s blog - RedState 2009
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Jessamy acknowledges that arresting witnesses is hardly ideal — it tends to make them hostile to the prosecution and more likely to back up, and it further sours police-community relations.
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Even when they can, Jessamy says, trying to persuade judges to apply the law “is like pouring water on a stone.”
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