Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adj
Resembling jam in taste, texture, etc. · Covered in jam. · Containing jam. · Lucky; especially undeservedly so.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA gun. · A penis.
Etymology tree English jam Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English jammy From jam + -y.
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