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  • noun Plural form of jaffa.

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Examples

  • I found it like stuffing too many jaffas in my gob.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » OMFG! You totally, totally have to go here. 2009

  • Mine is "The Archie" - a choc orange with jaffas and Vandra's is the Wascilly Wabbit - the carrot cake.

    Cupcake interview with Brisbane's Carousels Cupcakes & Coffee 2008

  • From Trev, Kent, TMS inbox: "Appreciate all of your references to oranges this morning, but I just hope the England bowlers send a few jaffas down today."

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • The bowler follows through for a bonus snarl before returning to his mark, turning and racing in again - oh, that's the king of the jaffas, a fast, furious full one that angles in towards middle stump and then arcs away late towards first slip.

    BBC - Ouch 2010

  • It brings him four anyway, prompting Steyn to send down one of those jaffas which we saw so many of at Cape Town, the ball pitching just outside off and drawing Colly into playing, then curving away from the outside edge as it comes of the pitch.

    The Guardian World News Andy Bull, Rob Bagchi 2010

  • In the geographical heart of India, this city of oranges, something in the air makes opposition pacemen bowl jaffas.

    Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk Dileep Premachandran 2010

  • In the geographical heart of India, this city of oranges, something in the air makes opposition pacemen bowl jaffas.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • The bowler follows through for a bonus snarl before returning to his mark, turning and racing in again - oh, that's the king of the jaffas, a fast, furious full one that angles in towards middle stump and then arcs away late towards first slip.

    BBC - Ouch 2010

  • In the geographical heart of India, this city of oranges, something in the air makes opposition pacemen bowl jaffas.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • In the geographical heart of India, this city of oranges, something in the air makes opposition pacemen bowl jaffas.

    Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk 2010

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