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Meaning of jambee | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A light walking cane that was fashionable in the eighteenth century. It apparently came from the Calamus plants.

obsolete

Examples

“1709-1711, The Tatler This Virtuoso has a parcel of Jambees now growing in the East-Indies, where he keeps a man on purpose to look after them”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

jamber Jamberoo Jambhala Jambi jambia jambier