jams

[ jamz ]
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noun(used with a plural verb)
  1. Informal. pajamas.

Origin of jams

1
First recorded in 1965–70; by shortening

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Jams
[ jamz ]

Trademark.
  1. a brand of baggy, brightly patterned, knee-length swim trunks.

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How to use jams in a sentence

  • He knew how to use the water, how to recognise the key log of jams, where to place his men—in short, he could get out the logs.

    Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White
  • Perhaps it is well here to explain that ordinarily such a cabin-door merely jams shut against the spring of a wand of hickory.

    Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White
  • “The combination is enough to give even a sober man the jim-jams,” agreed Kit.

    The Treasure Trail | Marah Ellis Ryan
  • And when you think of a jar here don't think of one of the tiny affairs such as Americans use for preserves and jams.

  • A very small per cent of the jams and jellies sold are strictly pure.