Jambee
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Jambee is a noun meaning (obsolete) A light walking cane that was fashionable in the eighteenth century. It apparently came from the Calamus plants.
Meaning
(obsolete) A light walking cane that was fashionable in the eighteenth century. It apparently came from the Calamus plants.
Example Sentences
1709-1711, The Tatler This Virtuoso has a parcel of Jambees now growing in the East-Indies, where he keeps a man on purpose to look after them
Word Forms
- jambees
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include supplejack, jamjar, jammy, barrel, cane, jigger.
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