2. A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering
policy in foreign affairs. [Cant, Eng.]
This sense arose from a doggerel song which was popular during the
Turco-Russian war of 1877 and 1878. The first two lines were as
follows: --
We don't want to fight, but by Jingo if we do, We 've got the
ships, we 've got the men, we 've got the money too.
Jin"go*ism (?), n. The policy of the Jingoes, so called. See Jingo, 2.
[Cant, Eng.]
Jin"nee (jn"n), n.; pl. Jinn (jn). [Ar.] (Arabian & Mohammedan Myth.) A
genius or demon; one of the fabled genii, good and evil spirits,
supposed to be the children of fire, and to have the power of assuming
various forms. [Written also jin, djinnee, etc.]
Jinn is also used as sing., with pl. jinns (&?;).
Jin"ny road` (?). [Cf. Gin an engine, Ginnycarriage.] (Mining) An
inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity,
drawing up empty ones. Knight.
Jin*rik"i*sha (?), n. [Jap. jin man + riki power + sha carriage.] A
small, two- wheeled, hooded vehicle drawn by one or more men. [Japan]
Jip"po (jp"p), n. [Abbrev. fr. juppon.] A waistcoat or kind of stays
for women.
Jo (?), n.; pl. Joes (#). [Etymol. uncertain.] A sweetheart; a darling.
[Scot.] Burns.
Job (jb), n. [Prov. E. job, gob, n., a small piece of wood, v., to
stab, strike; cf. E. gob, gobbet; perh. influenced by E. chop to cut
off, to mince. See Gob.]