2. Proper noun. (given name female from=Hebrew) of biblical origin; by folk etymology also used as a feminine form of James. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jemima
1. an elastic-sided boot [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jemima
Literary usage of Jemima
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1853)
"jemima did not repress the sigh, and played hysterically with her ... And jemima
relents— with her eyes. ' She seems very much attached to you,' pursued ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by William Brown, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Robert Belt (1820)
"ЖЗ ILL filed by the trustees in the marriage settlement of the defendants, ^-^
John Warren Glubb, and jemima his wife, late jemima Slocombe, and John Warren ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1851)
"your cousin jemima !" CHAPTER XXV. The Squire staggered as if the breath had been
knocked out of him, and, for want of a better seat, sate down on the ..."
4. Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789 by William Babcock Weeden (1890)
"jemima, " the Universal Friend, a new name which the jemima Wil- , . . .. , j • ii
... It is pretty well agreed that jemima, like other modern enthusiasts, ..."
5. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1837)
"Thus read my aunt jemima, and thus subsequently read I, in the days of our respective
... I always felt confident of eminence ; whereas my aunt jemima often ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature by John Lansing Wendell, New York (State). Supreme Court (1874)
"jemima Wilkinson having died, a bill of supplement and reviver was tiled by Rachel
Malin and Margaret Malin, together with the other and former complainants ..."
7. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1853)
"jemima did not repress the sigh, and played hysterically with her ... And jemima
relents— with her eyes. ' She seems very much attached to you,' pursued ..."
8. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by William Brown, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Robert Belt (1820)
"ЖЗ ILL filed by the trustees in the marriage settlement of the defendants, ^-^
John Warren Glubb, and jemima his wife, late jemima Slocombe, and John Warren ..."
9. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1851)
"your cousin jemima !" CHAPTER XXV. The Squire staggered as if the breath had been
knocked out of him, and, for want of a better seat, sate down on the ..."
10. Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789 by William Babcock Weeden (1890)
"jemima, " the Universal Friend, a new name which the jemima Wil- , . . .. , j • ii
... It is pretty well agreed that jemima, like other modern enthusiasts, ..."
11. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1837)
"Thus read my aunt jemima, and thus subsequently read I, in the days of our respective
... I always felt confident of eminence ; whereas my aunt jemima often ..."
12. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature by John Lansing Wendell, New York (State). Supreme Court (1874)
"jemima Wilkinson having died, a bill of supplement and reviver was tiled by Rachel
Malin and Margaret Malin, together with the other and former complainants ..."
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