jedge
English
Noun
jedge (plural jedges)
- Pronunciation spelling of judge.
- 1872, Edward Eggleston, The End Of The World:
- But he a'n't no singin'-master—not of I'm any jedge of turnips.
- 1882, Louisa May Alcott, Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories:
- "I ain't no great of a jedge about anything but nat'ralness of books, and it really does seem as if some of your men and women was dreadful uncomfortable creaters.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, “chapter I”, in The House Behind the Cedars:
- "De ole jedge has be'n a little onreg'lar sence de wah, suh […]"
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter VII, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
- "Heap of it, sir," replied the overseer, taking off his cap. "It was that fine yaller lady there that made most of it. She's the one that's a-fomintin' trouble right along. She's a quiet lookin' gal, but she ain't. It's all right what the jedge says to me, but I'm goin' to have a little settlement with this fine lady myself, this time."
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- (Scotland) A gauge or standard.
Verb
jedge (third-person singular simple present jedges, present participle jedging, simple past and past participle jedged)
- Pronunciation spelling of judge.
- 1913, Irvin S. Cobb, The Escape of Mr. Trimm:
- There ain't nobody reported missin' in this county as we know of, either; so I jedge a verdict of a unknown person dead from unknown causes would be about the correct thing.
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