jasey
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Origin of jasey
First recorded in 1770–80; perhaps variant of jersey
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"Hadn't you better settle your wig?" says I, offering it to him on the tip of my cane, "and we'll arrange time and place when you have put your jasey in order."
From Burlesques by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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