Lexicographical Neighbors of Jemimas
Literary usage of Jemimas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"The much despised spring side boots officers term " jemimas." Beaters (thieves),
feet, an abbreviation of dew-beaters, a slang term for feet, and, ..."
2. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1881)
"... passed along the stair rail, and by the test of the spotlessness of that
cambric piece of conviction was judgment meted out to her Janes and jemimas. ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1880)
"... and jemimas about them " thick as peas," unconscious of " the wind of nobility "
that was wafted by 'em. In this there was a pleasant Bohemianism. ..."
4. British Books in Print by J. Whitaker & Sons (1902)
""Our jemimas." (Experiences with Servants.) Respectfully Addressed to the Great
Middle Class. By " A VICTIM." Cr. Svo, sewed, is. ..."
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