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Meanings of jay in inglés

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A cigarette rolled using cannabis.

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john jay
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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
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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 inglés
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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
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The blue-jay came out of the egg with his mind made up.
In Nesting Time
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The startling scream of the jay-youhave heard it a thousand times.
Afoot in England
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The old jay took the money and started all over again with-
The Rose in the Ring
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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
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Here the jay burst into tears, and the mistress was sympathetically affected.
Vikram and the Vampire: Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic,...
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A bird he thought was a jay scolded them from somewhere nearby.
Man on a leash
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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
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The gray jay has been chosen as Canada's national bird no Close
BBC
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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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john jay
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john jay
Jay through the time
Jay across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common