Definitions

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  • noun archaic, US, slang Zest for accomplishment; drive.
  • noun archaic Jazz.

Etymologies

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Apparently a variant of jism.

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Examples

  • It'll put jasm into a lot of men that have lost their nerve and only need some one to set them straight.

    Drusilla with a Million Elizabeth Cooper 1911

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