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Dictionary of English Proverbs

 

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JACK . Every Jack has his Jill.
JANIVEER . 'Twill be winterly weather till calends of May.
JANIVEER . Who in Janiveer sows oats, gets gold and groats.
JEST . Better lose a jest than a friend.
JEST . Many a true word is spoken in jest.
JESTING . Jesting lies bring serious sorrows.
JESTS . Jests, like sweetmeats, are often sour sauce.
JOURNEY . 'Tis a great journey to the world's end.
JOY . No joy without annoy.
JOY . There's no joy without alloy.
JOY . Joy surfeited turns to sorrow.
JUDGE . Judge not of men or things at first sight.
JUDGE . Judge not a ship as she lies on the stocks.
JUDGMENT . He hath a good judgment who is apt to distrust his own.
JUNE . 880. JULY. 'Twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
 
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Incriminatory : a. Of or pertaining to crimination; tending to incriminate; criminatory.
 
Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words by Thomas Preston, published originally in 1880 in London by Whittaker & Co
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