Mary Janes, small bits of chocolate, candy, sugar, or the like, for sprinkling on ice cream; sprinkles.
a brand of young girls' low-heeled shoe of patent leather having across the instep a single strap that fastens at the side.
First recorded in 1925–30; translation of Mexican Spanish marijuana, by the popular assumption—probably incorrect—that it is a compound of Spanish María and Juana
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“It’s daily moral agony for her,” Mary Jane marvels.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
Not much information was available at the time about Zendaya’s character, Michelle, but Deadline reported that she likely wouldn’t be Spidey’s love interest because her name wasn’t Gwen or Mary Jane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis, writing for the majority, decreed that the law honors the constitution’s balance between the rights of victims and defendants.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
This story has been updated to correct the name of the chief justice to Mary Jane Theis, not Mary Ann.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
Mary Jane threw back her head and roared.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
She had picked out her favorite mask — a blue one with white polka-dots — and a pair of mary jane shoes with cats on them for her first day.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2020
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