jam jar

jam jar
• Rhyming Slang for car. Used in it's full form.

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  • jam jar — UK US noun [countable] [singular jam jar plural jam jars] a small glass container with a wide top and a special lid that keeps the food inside fresh Thesaurus: containers for carrying or storing foodhyponym …   Useful english dictionary

  • jam jar — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms jam jar : singular jam jar plural jam jars a small glass container with a wide top and a special lid that keeps the food inside fresh …   English dictionary

  • jam jar — n British a car. A piece of rhyming slang which dates from the 1920s and is still in use in working class London speech. An alternative is la di (dah) . ► He had to blag a jam jar for the getaway. (Recorded, petty criminal, Vauxhall, Lon don,… …   Contemporary slang

  • jam jar — /ˈdʒæm dʒa/ (say jam jah) noun a jar, usually of glass, for holding jam …  

  • jam jar — I Cockney Rhyming Slang Car Bloody jam is down again. II Everyday English Slang in Ireland car …   English dialects glossary

  • jam jar — glass container in which jam is stored …   English contemporary dictionary

  • jam jar — Meaning Car. Origin Cockney rhyming slang …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • jam jar — Noun. A car. Rhyming slang …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • jar — jar1 [dʒa: US dʒa:r] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Old Provençal; Origin: jarra, from Arabic jarrah pot for carrying water ] 1.) a glass container with a wide top and a lid, used for storing food such as ↑jam or ↑honey, or the amount it contains ▪ a jam… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • jam — I. vb 1a. to play music informally, to improvise. The phrase originally referred to loose aggregations of jazz musicians, typically playing after hours , later to rock and blues. 1b. to make up an improvised rap chant. The word and the practice… …   Contemporary slang

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