subs. (common).—1. A chamber-pot; a JEROBOAM. For synonyms, see IT.
2. (old).—A hat: formerly TOM & JERRY HAT (q.v.); a hard, round hat; a POT-HAT.
1841. Punch, i. 98. 2. Displaying to the greatest advantage those unassuming castors designated ‘JERRYS.’
1864. LE FANU, Uncle Silas, viii. A rather fat and flashily equipped young man, with large, light whiskers, a JERRY HAT, green cutaway coat.
3. (printers’).—A celebration of the completion of indentures. Fr. un roulance.
4. (thieves’).—A watch. For synonyms, see TICKER. Fr. une babillarde.
1889. C. T. CLARKSON and J. HALL RICHARDSON, Police! p. 321.
5. (thieves’).—A fog, or mist.—DE VAUX (1819).
Adj. (common).—As an adjectival prefix JERRY is frequently used in contempt: e.g., JERRY-GO-NIMBLE, JERRY-SHOP, JERRY-BUILDER (all which and others see). [An abbreviation of Jeremiah: perhaps a Restoration jibe upon the Puritan use of Old Testament names; but see JERRY-BUILDER.]
Verb. (common).—To jibe; to chaff with malice.
