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jane

1

[jeyn]

noun

Slang.
  1. a girl or woman.



Jane

2

[jeyn]

noun

  1. a female given name: derived from John.

jane

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. slanga girl or woman

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of jane1

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; generic use of the proper name
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She is survived by her husband, Stuart Claxton, stepson Javier, mother Marlene, siblings Jane and Ben, nieces Isabella and Amelia and nephew Nicolas.

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Jane is one of three women whose testimony is at the center of the trial.

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Those songs taught lessons about how to resist the terror of Jim and Jane Crow and its many forms of evil; they were a literal cadence for people to march toward justice, and they reflect the centrality of music to Black Americans as a source of cultural resistance, struggle, triumph and joy in the face of oppression.

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Bad Wolf’s CEO Jane Tranter, who has shepherded the show from a bag of often contradictory ideas into its fourth season, always called “Industry” “the little show that could.”

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Dever has two younger sisters, Mady and Jane.

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