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 Jehovis’tic.Jejune (2 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Jehu.
 
A coachman, especially one who drives at a rattling pace.   1
        “The watchman told, saying, … . The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.”—2 Kings ix. 20.
 


 Jehovis’tic.Jejune (2 syl.). 

 
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