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every woman Jill

every woman Jill pronoun: all the female members of a group with no exceptions.

Pronoun

every woman Jill

  1. (idiomatic) All the female members of a group with no exceptions.
    • "It's got to happen to us all Every man Jack and every woman Jill of us go the same way."1934 November 9, The Horsham Times, Victoria, page 9, column 1

Origin of every woman Jill

Coined as a feminine form of every man Jack, based on the male/female pairing of Jack and Jill.

Questions about every woman Jill

What does every woman Jill mean?
Every woman Jill means all the female members of a group with no exceptions.
What part of speech is every woman Jill?
Every woman Jill is a pronoun.

Words near every woman Jill in the dictionary

  1. every way to Sunday
  2. every where
  3. every which way
  4. every which where
  5. every woman for herself
  6. every woman Jill
  7. every-day
  8. Every. Single. Time.
  9. every1
  10. everybodies
  11. everybody

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