Jay (A).
A wanton.
“This jay of Italy … . hath betrayed him.”—Shakespeare: Othello, v. 2.
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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.
A wanton.
“This jay of Italy … . hath betrayed him.”—Shakespeare: Othello, v. 2.
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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.