James.

A sovereign; a jacõbus. A gold coin circulated in the reign of James I. Worth about 25s.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Jacqùes Bonhomme
Jactitation of Marriage
Jade or The Divine Stone
Jade
Jaffier
Jagger
Jail-bird (A)
Jamambuxes [Soldiers of the round valleys]
Jambon
Jambuscha [Jam-bus-cah]
James
James (St.)
Jamie or Jemmie Duffs
Jamshid
Jane
Jane Eyre
Janissaries or Janizaries
Jannes and Jambres
Jansenists
Januarius (St.)
January

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