jane
nomnomcourant dans les dialogues
- //d͡ʒeɪn//
A female client of a prostitute.
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obsolèteA 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.
Étymologie
From Old French Jannes (“Genoa”).
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A female client of a prostitute.
The Swedish system, seemingly, does not target “janes” (female clients of sex workers).
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Variante de JaneAlternative letter-case form of Jane, a woman.
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Variante de 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?
Étymologie
Alternative forms.
Formes
- pluriel
- janes