Definitions

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  • noun The state or condition of being jammy or jamlike.
  • noun Unexpected luck; flukiness.

Etymologies

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jammy +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Smorrenbrod -- the favorite food of the Danes -- an open-faced sandwich on dark, chewy, grainy bread Here's the makings for two toppings, creamy mushroom and zesty greens cooked to jamminess.

    Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Life After Copenhagen 2010

  • There's sometihng in Bois de Paradis that I find TOO MUCH, though it's not the jamminess an imitation perhaps of the waxy-honey-cedar of FdB?

    Byredo Pulp: Perfume Review Marina Geigert 2009

  • The cooler Dry Creek Valley tends to have more restraint and less jamminess than Lodi or Santa Barbara, and thats evident in this wine.

    A Year of Wine Tyler Colman 2008

  • The cooler Dry Creek Valley tends to have more restraint and less jamminess than Lodi or Santa Barbara, and thats evident in this wine.

    A Year of Wine Tyler Colman 2008

  • First singe From The Devil Himself adds a big fat dollop of pop to the mixture, while eight-minute centrepiece So Many Miles is incredible; switching from indie rock to aggressive brass-led funk to two final minutes of full-on psych-out wiggy jamminess.

    Watch The Viva Voce From The Devil Himself Video 2006

  • The color is opaque black/purple, and the nose offers a combination of cassis/ blackberry jamminess intermixed with tar, pepper, and spice.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • It reveals more delineation with perhaps less jamminess when compared to the 1990, but this is splitting hairs.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • It reveals more delineation with perhaps less jamminess when compared to the 1990, but this is splitting hairs.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • The color is opaque black/purple, and the nose offers a combination of cassis/ blackberry jamminess intermixed with tar, pepper, and spice.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • It reveals more delineation with perhaps less jamminess when compared to the 1990, but this is splitting hairs.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

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