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jasper

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"Opaque quartz variety"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒæs.pəː/Part of speech nounSorted aejprsStarts with JEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Opaque variety of quartz often used as a gemstone.

Word origin

From Middle English jasper, jaspre, from Old French jaspre, a variant of jaspe (modern French jaspe), from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).

Used in a sentence

  • And list'nin to some big out-a-town jasper / Hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin' / Not a wholesome trottin' race, no!
  • Standing on the corner like a just-got-in-town jasper
  • “That jasper,” sniggered Darby, “never pulled out his ‘dummy’ for nothing but pissing, I bet you!”

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