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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jaywalk/ˈʤeɪwɔːk/

▶verb chiefly N. Amer. walk in or across a road without regard for approaching traffic.

– derivatives
jaywalker noun.

– origin early 20th cent.: from jay in the colloq. sense ‘silly person’ + walk.

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