plain-Jane
or plain-jane
[pleyn-jeyn]
- simple and modest; unadorned; basic: a plain-Jane car dressed up with leather upholstery.
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Origin of plain-Jane
First recorded in 1935–40
plain Jane
- a drab, unattractive, and generally uninteresting girl or woman.
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Origin of plain Jane
First recorded in 1910–15
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The Daily Pic: Fluorescent tubes as plain-Jane art supplies.
Word Origin and History for plain-jane
plain Jane
"unattractive woman," first attested 1912.
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