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jammy

[ jam-ee ]

adjective

jammier, jammiest.
  1. British Informal. very lucky.
  2. British Informal. pleasant; easy; desirable:

    He has a jammy job.

  3. covered or filled with jam:

    jammy doughnuts.

  4. tasting like or having the consistency of jam: jammy soft-boiled eggs.

    a sweet and jammy wine that tastes like cooked berries;

    jammy soft-boiled eggs.



jammy

/ 藞诲萧忙尘瑟 /

adjective

  1. covered with or tasting like jam
  2. slang.
    lucky

    jammy so-and-sos!

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of jammy1

First recorded in 1850鈥55; apparently jam 2 + -y 1; compare the idioms to have jam on it 鈥渢o have something easy鈥; real jam, pure jam 鈥渟omething easy or pleasant鈥
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Example Sentences

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If you like jammy yolks, aim for the shorter end of the range.

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They were quite jammy on their way to winning it last year - against Coventry in the semi-final for example - but were they actually jammy?

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We鈥檇 just come off being an arena band with one record, so we got a bit jammy because we had the time to fill.

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The yolk and the white set at different temperatures, which means cooking them to their individual best states 鈥 jammy but not runny, set but not rubbery 鈥 is often an exercise in compromise.

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Graham Potter's side were jammy when they beat Fulham last week, but I don't see them being lucky enough to beat Villa.

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