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jawter, jawtler, jo$er, joat, joater, joatler, joatral, joatrals, joatrel, joatrels, jot, jote, jotral, jotral, jotrals, jotrals, jots, jott, jotter, jotteral, jotterals, jotterel, jotterels, jotterie, jottery, jotther, jotthler, jottin, jottle, jottler, jottrel, jottrell, jottrells, jottrels, panjoteral, pan-jotral, pan-jotrals, panjotries, pan-jotterals, pan-jottrals,
jot [dʒɔt]
n. A job, an occasional piece of work, small task, light work of any description.
v. To write down hastily and briefly, to make a short note of. To employ oneself with light work, to potter.
jotter [ˈdʒɔtər, ˈdʒotər]
n. A notebook. An odd job man. A loiterer.
dim. jotterie Odd jobs.
v. To do odd jobs or light menial work, often in a dilatory manner.
jottle
v. To busy oneself with trifles. To accomplish little while appearing busy.
Compounds and phrases etc.
get yer jotters: col. To get the sack.
jotterel: Odd, mean or dirty work. Anything about to fall to pieces. A person who wades in mire. pl. jotterels Pellets of dirt that form at the tail of a sheep.
jottin [dʒɔtɪn]: A note, memorandum, excerpt.
jottler [ˈdʒɔtlər, ˈdʒotlər]: An oddjob man.
pan-jotterels [-dʒɔt(ə)rəlz]: Odds and ends of food.
choob, choop, djub, djup, dyoub, dzjub, dzub, jobe, joob, jube,
joub [I.Sh. tʃub]
n. A very deep place such as a bog, morass or valley, a deep part of the sea.
choog, joog, joug, joug_o, jug, jugga,
joug [dʒug]
n. A jug, a mug, or small drinking vessel. A measure of capacity.
Compounds and phrases etc.
joug o A jug of ...
joogal, joogle, jougal,
jougal [dʒugəl]
n. S. Romany for a dog. From jackal.
choucks, gogs, guges, jogges, joggs, jogs, jogues, joogs, jougs, jowgs, jugges, juggs, jugs,
jougs [dʒugz]
n. pl. A hinged iron collar chained to a wall or post which is locked around the neck as an instrument of punishment or public ignominy.
chiggery-pokery, chookery-packery, deuk, deuker, deukie, deukit, djuk, dook, dooker, duik, duikit, duikr, duke, duked, duker, dukery-packery, dukery-pockery, dukin, dyuck, dyucker, jeuk, jeuked, jeuker, jeukit, jick, jicker, jicky, jiggery-pokery, jook, jooker, jookerie, jookerie_pokerie, jookerie-packerie, jookerie-pawkerie, jookery, jookerypackery, jookery-packery, jookery-pawkery, jookie, jookin, jookit, jooks, jookt, jooky, jougery, jougery_pokery, jouk, jouked, jouker, joukerie, joukerie_pawkery, joukerie-paukerie, joukerie-pawkerie, joukerie-pawkery, joukery, joukery_packery, joukery-pawkerie, joukery-pawkery, jouket, joukie, joukin, jouking, joukit, jouks, jouky, jowk, jowker, juck, jucker, juke, jukeer, jukes, juket, jukin, juking, jukit,
jouk [dʒuk]
n. An evasive motion of the head or body, a duck, a dodge, swerve, stoop. Of a river: a bend, loop, twist. A bow or curtsy, a respectful nod of the head, an obeisance. A sheltered spot.
pl. jouks
dim. joukie A shy horse that swerves suddenly.
v. To duck, to stoop or jerk one's head away quickly to avoid a missile or blow, to dodge. To bow deferentially, make an obeisance. To cower, crouch. To dodge, evade, elude, give the slip to someone or something by a quick sideways movement, to escape or take refuge from, to slip into concealment, to move about furtively, slink. To play truant, dodge school. To avoid doing something unpleasant, to shirk, flinch.
pt. pp. joukit
joukie [ˈdʒuki]
adj. Evasive, sly, slippery in conduct.
jouker [ˈdʒukər]
n. A slippery or elusive character.
v. To ride smartly, to trot, or to go about something briskly.
See deuk and douk also.
Compounds and phrases etc.
joukerie [ˈdʒukərɪ]: Trickery, deceit, roguery, dodging, evasion.
joukerie-pawkerie: Deceit, trickery, roguery.
joukin [ˈdʒukɪn]: Dodging, evading.
Jove, Jubiter,
Jove [dʒoːv]
n. The planet Jupiter.
dew, jow, jowe, jowein, jowin,
jowe [dʒʌu]
n. A single stroke or pull of a bell, the sound made by a bell when it is being rung or tolled. A jog or push, a swing.
adv. Of a bell: with the sound of ringing, ding-dong.
v. To ring or toll a bell, to swing a bell so that the clapper strikes only one side, to ring, toll, knell. To move from side to side or forward with a rocking motion, to swing, to jostle, to bestir, jog, budge.
Compounds and phrases etc.
jowin: Tolling like a bell.
jowel, jowels, jowl, jowls,
jowl [dʒʌul]
n. The knell or clang of a bell.
pl. jowls
v. To toll a bell, rock or sway.
See jowe also.
Jowlia, Jowlie,
Jowlie [ˈdʒʌli, ˈdʒʌljə]
n. The Personal name Julia.
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