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the law of his mind." Jekyll is the "would do good," Hyde is "the evil that is present." (Stevenson: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.)

Jelly Pardons When Thomas Cromwell was a clerk in the English factory at Antwerp, two of his fellow- countrymen from Boston (Lincolnshire) consulted with him as to the best means of getting the pardons renewed for the repair of Boston harbour. Cromwell knowing that Pope Julius was very fond of dainties, provided for him some exquisite jelly, and told his Holiness that only royalty ever ate it in England. The Pope was so pleased with the delicacy that he signed the pardons, on condition of having the recipe of the jelly.

Jellyby (Mrs.). A philanthropist who would spend and be spent to help the poor fan-makers and flower- girls of Borrioboolah Gha, but would bundle into the street a poor beggar dying of starvation on her own doorstep. (Dickens: Bleak House.)

Jemmie Duffs (See Jamie Duffs .)

Jemmy a name found in engravings of the eighteenth century, was James Worsdale, the painter and dramatic writer (died 1767).
   A housebreaker's crowbar. A variant of Jimmy, Jenny, Jinnie, and a diminutive of engine. Similarly a "spinning-jinnie" is a small engine for spinning. These crowbars generally take to pieces that they may be slipped into the pocket.

Jemmy The head of a slaughtered sheep. There are "boiled jemmies," "baked jemmies," and "sanguinary jemmies" (raw sheep's heads). The tradition is that James IV. of Scotland breakfasted on a sheep's head just before the battle of Flodden Field (Sep. 9, 1513).

"Mr. Sikes made many pleasant witticisms on jemmies, a cant name for sheep's heads, and also for an ingenious implement much used in his profession." - Dickens: Oliver Twist.

Jemmy A great-coat. So called from the Scotch cloth called jemmy.

Jemmy Spruce, fine. A diminutive of gim, spruce or smart (Anglo-Saxon gemei). Gimcrack means an ornamental toy, a pretty ornament of no solidity. (See below, Jemmy Jessamy.)

Jemmy Dawson was one of the Manchester rebels, who was hanged, drawn, and quartered on Kennington Common, Surrey, July 30th, 1746. A lady of gentle blood was in love with the gallant young rebel, and died of a broken heart on the day of his execution. (Percy's Reliques, series 2, book iii. 26.) Shenstone has a ballad on it, beginning, "Come, listen to my mournful tale."

Jemmy Jessamy (A). A Jack-a-dandy; a lady's foundling, "sweet as sugar-candy."

Jenkinson (Ephraim). A swindling rascal, who makes a tool of Dr. Primrose. (Goldsmith: Vicar of Wakefield.)

Jennet A small Spanish horse.

Jenny The spinning jenny means the little spinning engine. The word is a corrupt diminutive, ginie. It is an error to derive the word from the inventor's wife or daughter, seeing his wife's name was Elizabeth, and he had no daughter.

Jenny l'Ouvrière A generic name for a hard-working, poor, but contented needlewoman. The name was devised by Emile Barateau, and rendered popular by his song so called.

"Entendez-vous un oiseau familier?
C'est le chanteur de Jenny l'Ouvrière.
Au coeur content, content de peu
Elle pourrait être riche, et préfère
Ce qui vient de Dieu." (1847.)

Jenny Wren the sweetheart of Robin