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JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

Specialty Definition: JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

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Jolly Good Fellow (A). A very social and popular person. (French, joli.)
"Ali was jolly quiet at Ephesus before St. Paul came thither." - John Trapp: Commentary (1656).
"For he's a jolly good fellow [three times].
And so say all of us,
With a hip, hip, hip, hoora!" Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

Specialty definitions using "JOLLY GOOD FELLOW": BACCHUSNERO. (references)

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Modern Usage: JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

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Movie/TV Titles

Freeze a Jolly Good Fellow (1973)

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Photo Album: JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

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For he's a jolly good fellow. Credit: Library of Congress.

"For he's a jolly good fellow!". Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Modern Translation: JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

Language Translations for "JOLLY GOOD FELLOW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hebrew 

  

בחור כארז. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

jó pofa (ripper), rém jó pofa, pompás fickó, derék fickó (he is a game fellow). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ollyjay oodgay ellowfay

   

Romanian

  

om foarte simpatic. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-f-g-j-l-l-l-l-o-o-o-o-w-y"

-5 letters: goodfellow.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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