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Jersey noun1. E18.
[New Jersey, a State of the US: see NEW JERSEY.]
Used attrib. to designate people or things coming from or associated with New Jersey.
Jersey blue (a) Hist. a colonial New Jersey soldier (so called from the blue uniform); (b) a native or inhabitant of New Jersey; (c) a breed of chicken. Jersey justice strict or severe justice. Jersey lightning colloq. a strong kind of applejack, peach brandy, or whisky. Jersey pine the scrub pine, Pinus virginiana. Jersey tea a small US shrub, Ceanothus americanus, of the buckthorn family, the leaves of which have been used as a substitute for tea; also called New Jersey tea. Jersey wagon a light carriage formerly used in New Jersey.