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Jane, jane2 slang (orig. U.S.).|dʒeɪn|
[Female Christian name.]
A woman, girl, girlfriend.
1906Dialect Notes III. 142 ‘It's the magazine over yonder with a red Jane on it.’ ‘Going to take your Jane to the show?’ 1916C. J. Dennis Moods of Ginger Mick 79 She's like some fat ole Jane 'oo loves to smile. 1923[see dame 2 c]. 1924P. Marks Plastic Age 149, I met a bunch of janes down at Bar Harbour. 1929‘G. Daviot’ Man in Queue iii. 30 He has a new ‘jane’. He probably wants money. 1941Coast to Coast 129, I was trailing round with a high-class little jane in those days. 1958‘A. Gilbert’ Death against Clock x. 145 She didn't see that it could, and for once I agree with a jane. 1967E. S. Gardner Case of Queenly Contestant (1973) xiii. 150 ‘Who was this jane? Anybody I know?’ ‘No one you know... She had been a nurse in San Francisco.’
▸ Jane Doe n. chiefly N. Amer. a name used (esp. in legal contexts) to denote a female party whose identity is unknown or deliberately withheld, or (in later use, more generally) to denote an ordinary or typical female; (also) an anonymous woman or girl, a person identified as ‘Jane Doe’; cf. John Doe n. at John n. Compounds 2.
1703Of Last Wills & Test. 209 A Devise of Rent to *Jane Doe for Life, and if she Marry or accept of any Legacy..the Rent shall cease and return to the Executor. 1855Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 15 Oct. 3/1 A warrant against Jane Doe for breaking the windows of the complainant's dwelling. 1903J. A. Riis Children of Tenements 54 It has now on its books half a score Jane Does and twice as many Richard Roes, of whom nothing more will be known than that they were found. 1913N.Y. Times 1 Jan. 8/1 The first count charges the three officials with an assault, shocking, and the burning of Jane Doe—correct name unknown—one of the four women burned to death. 1989W. Boroson Keys to Investing in Mutual Funds 7 With mutual funds, John and Jane Doe stand a far better chance of making more money. 1998Independent 29 Jan. i. 19/2, I hate to ever let somebody by buried as a Jane Doe. 2005Globe & Mail (Toronto) 30 Mar. a12/6 Jane Doe's stroke..may have been successfully thrombolysed if she lived closer to an urban centre. |