jayvee
AmericanEtymology
Origin of jayvee
1935–40; spelling form of JV, abbreviation for junior varsity
Example Sentences
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“The analogy we use around here sometimes, and I think it’s accurate, is if a jayvee team put on Lakers uniforms that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant,” he said.
From US News • Sep. 9, 2014
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