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Thread #19411 Message #197729
Posted By: Bill in Alabama
19-Mar-00 - 01:54 PM
Thread Name: What is a 'Jimmy John'? (Gandydancer's Ball)
Subject: RE: What is a 'Jimmy John'?
The word demijohn is itself a mondegreen, mis-heard from the Old French term dame Jeanne.