2. Adjective. (colloquial) Of a person, lucky. ¹
3. Noun. (slang) A gun. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jammy
1. sticky with jam (boiled fruit and sugar) [adj -MIER, -MIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jammy
Literary usage of Jammy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Westmoreland and Cumberland Dialects: Dialogues, Poems, Songs, and Ballads by John Russell Smith (1839)
"jammy. The self-same question, Seym, I to thee make; For, to my thinking, ...
True, jammy, true, owr true is what thou says; ..."
2. Westmoreland and Cumberland Dialects: Dialogues, Poems, Songs, and Ballads by John Russell Smith (1839)
"jammy. The self-same question, Seym, I to thee make; For, to my thinking, ...
True, jammy, true, owr true is what thou says; ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"I admire even Sir jammy, My memory is jammy itself, and long shall all their
glories stick to it.* The notice of the Old Times is a * [Perry (or ..."
4. Life and Letters of Zachary Macaulay by Zachary Macaulay (1900)
"We received intelligence of the death of our friend and neighbour King jammy.
'June 2.—A message came requesting my attendance at King jammy's funeral. ..."
5. The Philanthropist, Or, Repository for Hints and Suggestions Calculated to (1814)
"King jammy began with the old story of the land, but took new ground, by taking
a aew view of the subject. ... King jammy having been thus overruled by King ..."
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