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Jessie

[jes-ee]

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Jessica.



jessie

/ ˈdʒɛsɪ /

noun

  1. slang,  an effeminate, weak, or cowardly boy or man

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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“I wanted Paul to have absolute order and Jessie absolute chaos and to see what happens. When they merged together and when they started kissing, I was watching the whole movie playing out.”

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“Jessie makes you bigger. She makes you match fists. She makes you surprise yourself in ways I’d never experienced before with anybody else.”

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This year's charity performance was hosted by comedian Jason Manford and featured stars including Sir Stephen Fry, fresh from his appearance on The Celebrity Traitors, and singer Jessie J.

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"Mum to mum, who has just recently gone through cancer, I just wanted to give her a hug," Jessie J said afterwards.

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The actor is also due to star in Chloé Zhao's upcoming adaptation of Hamnet, playing the young Hamlet alongside Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley.

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