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  • "Jimps," she was saying in her straightforward way, "what's the use of bothering to keep it covered when it shows so plainly?

    Under the Country Sky Frances [Illustrator] Rogers 1912

  • All anyone had to do was ask, and she would be there — in Waynesboro, Swainsboro, Ellabell, Hazlehurst, Newington, Jesup, and Jimps.

    Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Berendt, John 1994

  • I know there's heaps of sense in your pretty head, and you'll make Jimps the most satisfying sort of a wife even though you don't carry the eggs to market or milk the cows.

    Under the Country Sky Frances [Illustrator] Rogers 1912

  • "You look awfully nice, Jimps," she returned under her breath.

    Under the Country Sky Frances [Illustrator] Rogers 1912

  • "Jimps, I don't know what I should have done without it -- or you."

    Under the Country Sky Frances [Illustrator] Rogers 1912

  • "Cheer up, Jimps," Georgiana bade Stuart, as she gave a straightening little touch to his white cravat, woman fashion.

    Under the Country Sky Frances [Illustrator] Rogers 1912

  • Jimps is out in the sun from dawn till sundown; his very eyebrows get a russet shade.

    Under the Country Sky Frances [Illustrator] Rogers 1912

  • Jealous of Jeannette, of her clothes, her money, her beauty, her power to attract -- jealous because Jimps likes her so well -- because Father Davy looks at her with the eyes of an appreciative uncle -- because Mr.E. C. Jefferson talks to her as if he enjoyed it.

    Under the Country Sky Frances [Illustrator] Rogers 1912

  • "Jimps, I'm perfectly contented," she said radiantly, as they walked on.

    Under the Country Sky Frances [Illustrator] Rogers 1912

  • As for Jimps -- he will be as easily read as an open book.

    Under the Country Sky Frances [Illustrator] Rogers 1912

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