jasey
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A kind of wig, originally one made of worsted; a jersey.
Examples
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Dowager went off in her jingling old coach, attended by two faithful and withered old maids of honour, and a little snuffy spindle-shanked gentleman in waiting, in a brown jasey and a green coat covered with orders — of which the star and the grand yellow cordon of the order of St. Michael of Pumpernickel were most conspicuous.
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"Mr. Bensley, darling, put on your jasey!" cried the gallery.
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Lady Kicklebury wears a front, and, I make no doubt, a complete jasey; or she certainly would have let down her back hair at this minute, so overpowering were her feelings, and so bitter her indignation at her daughter's black ingratitude.
Note
The word 'jasey' probably comes from 'jersey'.
