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Definition of jane in English: janenoundʒeɪndʒeɪn US informal A woman. some jane had come out defending him Example sentencesExamples - Pretty much every Jane, Dick and Harry has a DVD writer in their PC system, DVD writers have become standard equipment.
- Not surprisingly, there are about three Joes for every Jane but even so, that means there are over 8 million Janes.
Synonyms lady, girl, member of the fair sex, member of the gentle sex, female
Phrases informal An unattractive girl or woman. he'd never give a plain Jane like you a second's thought Example sentencesExamples - But then as realisation dawns that the array of beauty products have not after all kept their ‘promise’ of turning the plain Jane into a stunning beauty as in those alluring ads, the search for newer range begins.
- Its angle is to take a group of plain Janes, make them over into glamour girls, and then have them all take part in a season-ending beauty pageant.
- Sixteen plain Janes fight it out in an extreme new reality show in a bid to become a beauty queen.
- I was the skinny, flat chested plain Jane that was the abnormal one in my family.
- No guy had liked me before that and I had my doubts that a guy like him would really want life with a plain Jane like me.
Origin Early 20th century: from the given name Jane. Definition of jane in US English: janenounjāndʒeɪn US informal A woman. some jane had come out defending him Example sentencesExamples - Not surprisingly, there are about three Joes for every Jane but even so, that means there are over 8 million Janes.
- Pretty much every Jane, Dick and Harry has a DVD writer in their PC system, DVD writers have become standard equipment.
Synonyms lady, girl, member of the fair sex, member of the gentle sex, female
Phrases informal An unattractive girl or woman. he'd never give a plain Jane like you a second's thought Example sentencesExamples - Its angle is to take a group of plain Janes, make them over into glamour girls, and then have them all take part in a season-ending beauty pageant.
- No guy had liked me before that and I had my doubts that a guy like him would really want life with a plain Jane like me.
- But then as realisation dawns that the array of beauty products have not after all kept their ‘promise’ of turning the plain Jane into a stunning beauty as in those alluring ads, the search for newer range begins.
- Sixteen plain Janes fight it out in an extreme new reality show in a bid to become a beauty queen.
- I was the skinny, flat chested plain Jane that was the abnormal one in my family.
Origin Early 20th century: from the given name Jane. |