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  • noun Plural form of jasper.

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Examples

  • Another great group of ores to be considered under this head are the iron ores of Lake Superior, -- which were originally deposited as sediments, called jaspers or iron formations, with too low a percentage of iron to be of use, and which have required a secondary concentration by surficial agencies to render them valuable.

    The Economic Aspect of Geology 1915

  • i also found a lot of facial expressions funny such as jaspers!

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • She jerked away, red jaspers tumbling to the floor as the room fell silent except for the mystical music on the stereo.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • She jerked away, red jaspers tumbling to the floor as the room fell silent except for the mystical music on the stereo.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • She jerked away, red jaspers tumbling to the floor as the room fell silent except for the mystical music on the stereo.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • Pushing back the tissue paper, I saw a row of seven red jaspers—a stone known for its protection against night hazards, for promoting the courage to speak out, and for physical energy.

    Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010

  • “It will drain only the jaspers Xerxadrea gave me to wear.”

    Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010

  • Those jaspers have been at this game a long time, a lot longer than the new dudes in town with all their high-falutin 'talk about reforming the way things are done.

    Fortune's Stanley Bing: Lawyers, Lobbyists and Money 2010

  • I shouted, gliding swiftly in to get him and concentrating on drawing protective energy back out of the jaspers and into my aura.

    Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010

  • These jaspers could be dated to 3.46 billion years ago.

    Deep-sea Rocks Point To Early Oxygen On Earth | Impact Lab 2009

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  • (Britain, West Country, Somerset, colloquial) A wasp.

    (US, slang) A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.

    April 26, 2020