jay

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The man sells the gold brick cheap, because the jay is his friend, and when he has got out of the country the jay tries to sell his gold brick for eight hundred dollars, and he gets two dollars and eighty cents for it.

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  1. noun The letter j.
  2. noun Any of various often crested birds of the genera Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, and related genera within the family Corvidae, often having a loud, harsh call. Also called jaybird.
  3. noun An overly talkative person; a chatterbox.

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  • My sources, jay, are taken from a lifetime spent intimately in tune with my environment and studying a range of topics far too vast to enumerate. —  Think Progress
  • An IRRELEVANT QUESTION just shows what an IRRELEVANT TROLL jay is and how INCOMPETENT HE IS at EVERYTHING!!!! —  Think Progress
  • Hmm, jay has been here since the thread was posted, OVER 5 HOURS AGO. —  Think Progress
  • DNFP says; jay has been here since the thread was posted, OVER 5 HOURS AGO and he's threatened to leave about as many times too —  Think Progress
  • The only thing that keeps the funds coming is results in the research. jay, the little GOPtard princess of stupidity. —  Think Progress
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  1. Middle English jai, from Old French, from Late Latin gāius, gāia, perhaps from Latin Gāius, personal name.

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  1. from j + -ay, as in kay, the name of k.
  2. from Middle English jay, from Old French jay, modern F. geai, assibilation of earlier Old French gay, gai = Provencal jai, gai = Spanish gayo, a jay, gaya, a magpie; so called from its gay plumage, from Old French gai, etc., gay: see gay.
 

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