Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The jasmine.
  • noun A dandy: so called, it is said, because it was a habit of fops to wear a sprig of jasmine in their buttonhole.
  • Like jasmine in color or perfume.

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  • yellow like a jasmine

    February 2, 2009

  • Also jemmy jessamy.

    August 11, 2021