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jim-jams

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jim-jams1

▶plural noun informal a fit of depression or nervousness.

– origin C16 (orig. denoting a small article or knick-knack): fanciful reduplication.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jim-jams2

▶plural noun Brit. informal pyjamas.

– origin early 20th cent.: abbrev. of pie-jim-jams, alt. of pyjamas.

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