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Meanings of jay in anglès

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A cigarette rolled using cannabis.

portuguès
john jay
català
john jay
espanyol
john jay

United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)

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Examples for "John Jay"
Examples for "John Jay"
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A chill seemed to creep all over John Jay's warm little body.
Ole Mammy's Torment
2
Dreisinger is a professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Ebony
3
At the head of this department he placed Mr. John Jay.
The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 / Commander in Chief of th...
4
When they had crossed in careful silence, John Jay began again.
Ole Mammy's Torment
5
Several years later he wrote to his trusted friend, John Jay:
George Washington
Usage of jay in anglès
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Early in the spring there did not seem a jay in it.
The Life of the Fields
2
Germans have long classified the jay as one of the useful birds.
The Irish Times
3
And now it's available at Tar-jay for almost a thousand dollars off.
Wired
4
The blue-jay came out of the egg with his mind made up.
In Nesting Time
5
The startling scream of the jay-youhave heard it a thousand times.
Afoot in England
6
The old jay took the money and started all over again with-
The Rose in the Ring
7
Yes: this is the Florida jay: it has no crest, you perceive.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
8
There it lies still and little the worse-bluejay feather and all.
The Torch and Other Tales
9
Here the jay burst into tears, and the mistress was sympathetically affected.
Vikram and the Vampire: Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic,...
10
A bird he thought was a jay scolded them from somewhere nearby.
Man on a leash
11
The next morning a prying jay discovered him and carried him away.
The Claim Jumpers: A Romance
12
He was further annoyed by the jay bird which followed him persistently.
A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories
13
The gray jay has been chosen as Canada's national bird no Close
BBC
14
The jay, like the cuckoo, is a bird with a guilty conscience.
The Pleasures of Ignorance
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The last rasp of a jay's scold jangled out from the trees.
The Freebooters of the Wilderness
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Then, from somewhere in the crowd, someone whistles Rue's four-note mocking-jay tune.
The Guardian
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Translations for jay
portuguès
john jay
català
john jay
espanyol
john jay
Jay through the time
Jay across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common