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Synonyms for jersey

Grammar : Noun
Spell : jur-zee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɜr zi

Définition of jersey

Origin :
  • 1580s as a type of knitted cloth; 1842 as a breed of cattle; both from Jersey, one of the Channel Islands. Its name is said to be a corruption of Latin Caesarea, the Roman name for the island (or another near it), influenced by Old English ey "island;" but perhaps rather a Viking name (perhaps meaning "Geirr's island"). The meaning "woolen knitted close-fitting tunic," especially one worn during sporting events, is from 1836.
  • As in shirt : noun top
Example sentences :
  • Then he came back, on the way stopping to get into his jersey.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • At last he wrote to me from the island of Jersey, where he had been cast by a storm.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
  • You are killed by the Jersey Eagle, you are to the world buried.
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
  • At any rate I think he should be brought West to help on the Jersey boom.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 » by Various
  • After the events in Jersey, you remember I left the island and came abroad.
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • But at last he reached the cars, and half an hour later the ferry at Jersey City.
  • Extract from : « The Cash Boy » by Horatio Alger Jr.
  • By the time we'd got half-way across Jersey we was ready for the bath tub.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • The Jersey is to be regarded as a dairy breed, and that almost exclusively.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
  • Jersey dodged every hit “somehow” in a manner which seemed to be miraculous.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • They agreed to meet at the Jersey City ferry at four o'clock.
  • Extract from : « The Expressman and the Detective » by Allan Pinkerton

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