jalouse
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of jalouse
C19: from French jalouser to be jealous of
Example Sentences
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“But it canna have been accident I could jalouse it had they worn their helms, but they were bonnetless. He must have known them.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
I daresay you can jalouse the rest, but I kept Lewis behind after the school skailed, and got a full confession out of him.
From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
I jalouse ye came roond in a wherry frae the toon, and it's droll I never saw ye land.
From Doom Castle by Neil Munro
It is beautiful, and she was jalouse when I say I love my lady of wax.
From Lady Maude's Mania by George Manville Fenn
Ye were safer to bide whaur ye were; and hoo ye got oot o't 's mair than I can jalouse.
From Doom Castle by Neil Munro
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