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Meanings of jamb in English

Russian
покер
Portuguese
yan
Spanish
yahtzee
Catalan
carrera de daus
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Dice game by Milton Bradley.

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покер
Usage of jamb in English
1
The pressure increased; the space between the door and the jamb widened.
The Drums of Jeopardy
2
By the size of the counter-holes in the jamb of the door.
The Mystery of 31 New Inn
3
It came free of the swollen jamb with a brief grinding noise.
IT
4
The cook reached out his hand into the darkness alongside the jamb.
Waifs and Strays / Part 1
5
Marius remained on the threshold, leaning against the jamb of the door.
Les Misérables
6
The woman behind those portières swayed and caught blindly at the jamb.
Parrot & Co.
7
A bell-pull, as rusty as the railings outside, depended by the jamb.
The Blue Pavilions
8
He looked quickly around the jamb, then stepped back into the room.
Dayworld Rebel
9
He eyed it, then pulled it a bit closer to the jamb.
Misery
10
Murky light oozed from a gap between the door and the jamb.
Bones to Ashes
11
Light slivered the jamb and across the bottommost edge of the door.
Bones Never Lie
12
Mrs. Hopper squeezed herself more tightly than ever between door and jamb.
Will Warburton
13
Alcide was lounging against the jamb, his arms crossed over his chest.
Club dead
14
Stood leaning up against the passage door-jamb, Emmy smirks at the assembly.
Voice of the Fire
15
Then he walked over to the doorway and leaned against the jamb.
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
16
The door and jamb were splintered and CeeCee reached for the knob.
The secret life of ceecee wilkes
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Spanish
yahtzee
Jamb through the time
Jamb across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common