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werry | jerry |

As an adverb werry

is very.

As a proper noun Jerry is

a nickname for Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerrold, Gerald, Gerard, and similar male names; also used as a formal male given name.

As a noun jerry is

alternative case form of Jerry|lang=en derogatory: German.

werry

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (obsolete) very
  • * {{quote-book, year=1857, author=Frank J. Webb, title=The Garies and Their Friends, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Better let me make you up a little fire, the nights is werry cool," continued Ben. " }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1897, author=John Bennett, title=Master Skylark, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="We must be off if we're to lie at Uxbridge overnight; for there hath been rain beyond, sir, and the roads be werry deep." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1890, author=Various, title=Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, August 30, 1890., chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=I spent a werry plessant arternoon there, and drove home in style on the Box Seat of a reel Company's Bus. The nex day I went to Higate Wood, another of the grate works of the good old Copperashun. }}

    Anagrams

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    jerry

    English

    Etymology 1

    Diminutive of Jeremy, Jerome, Gerald, Jerrold, Gerard, and related names.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A nickname for Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerrold, Gerald, Gerard, and similar male names; also used as a formal male given name.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine and Jerilyn.
  • An old nickname for a chamber pot (also referred to as a potty) (Dated UK)

    • Quotations

    * 1970 Santha Rama Rau: The Adventuress . Harper&Row. page 157: *: - - - I, incidentally, am Jeremy Wilson, and anyone who abbreviates that to 'Jerry' does so at unspeakable peril." *: "Oh really?" Kay asked. "Why?" *: "Well, just a wartime hangover. We used to call the Germans 'Jerries'." *: "I don't know much about the German war."

    See also

    * Geri * Gerri * Gerry

    Etymology 2

    By shortening of German . Originated during the First World War.

    Alternative forms

    * jerry, geri, gerri

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (British, US, derogatory, slang, dated) A German.
    • Usage notes
    * Used during World War II. Usage after World War II served as a reminder that the UK and Germany had been enemies.
    Synonyms
    * Boche * Fritz * Kraut
    Derived terms
    * jerrycan