jane

noun

1. 1

   obsoleteA silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century.

   14th c, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Rime of Sire Thopas, The Canterbury Tales, 1793, A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain, Volume 1, page 124, His robe was of chekelatoun, / That coste many a jane.

   Certes was but a common Courtisane, / Yet flat refusd to haue a do with mee, / Because I could not giue her many a Iane.

noun

1. 1

   A female client of a prostitute.

   The Swedish system, seemingly, does not target “janes” (female clients of sex workers).

2. 2

   Variant of JaneAlternative letter-case form of Jane, a woman.

3. 3

   Variant of jeanAlternative spelling of jean.

   Ye miscellaneous, ignoble manufacturing individuals, ye have produced too much! We accuse you of making above two-hundred thousand shirts for the bare backs of mankind. Your trousers too, which you have made, of fustian, of cassimere, of Scotch-plaid, of jane, nankeen and woollen broadcloth, are they not manifold?

Forms

plural

janes