Jane's
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Jane's
C20: named after Frederick Thomas Jane (1865–1916), British naval writer and artist
Example Sentences
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Then Robert lassoed him with jane's skipping-rope, and instead of going round his shoulders, as Robert intended, it went round his feet and tripped him up.
From Five Children and It by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
Perhaps the slugs ate it. jane's letter was the only one that went.
From Five Children and It by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
If you had been stood in jane's shoes you would no doubt have run away in them, appealing to the police and neighbours with horrid screams.
From The Phoenix and the Carpet by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
No one could think of anything, only Anthea did manage to remember a private wish of her own and jane's which they had never told the boys.
From Five Children and It by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
The Amulet was there—little and complete in jane's hand, and there were the other children and the Psammead, and the learned gentleman.
From The Story of the Amulet by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
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