subs. (common).—A demijohn.
1861. G. P. MARSH, Lectures on the English Language, First Series, (q.v. for etymology from Damaghan, a town in Khorassan, a province of Persia, once famous for its glass works).
1873. T. B. ALDRICH, Marjorie Daw and Other People, p. 67 (TAUCHNITZ). ‘A gill o’ wather out of a JIMMY-JOHN ’d fuddle him, mum.’
