Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A corruption of juste-au-corps. Compare justico.

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Examples

  • ` ` Ou, a jeistiecor --- that's a jacket like your ain, there.

    Rob Roy 1887

  • Then raising his head, as if to see who spoke to him, he touched his Scotch bonnet with an air of respect, as he observed, “Eh, gude safe us! — it’s a sight for sair een, to see a gold-laced jeistiecor in the Ha’garden sae late at e’en.”

    Rob Roy 2005

  • a sight for sair een, to see a gold-laced jeistiecor in the Ha'garden sae late at e'en. ''

    Rob Roy 1887

  • "Ou, a jeistiecor* -- that's a jacket like your ain, there.

    Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • "Ou, a jeistiecor* -- that's a jacket like your ain, there.

    Rob Roy — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801

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