jeast

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jeast (plural jeasts)

  1. (archaic) jest
    • 1927, William Allan Nielson, The Facts About Shakespeare[1]:
      Plume adds, "Sir John Mennes saw once his old father in his shop--a merry cheeked old man that said, 'Will was a good honest fellow, but he darest have crackt a jeast with him at any time.'"
    • 1885, T. H., The History of Sir Richard Whittington[2]:
      And after, at a feast, Which he the king did make, He burnt the bonds all in jeast, And would no money take.

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