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jossup

jossup is the alternative form of jossop.

Meaning of jossop

Noun

jossop (uncountable)

  1. (UK, regional, school slang) Sauce, gravy, or syrup.
    • 'Mister? Here's some jossop for you, from the sawbones.' She uncorked the little flask and obliged the stranger to swallow a mouthful.2010, Joan Aiken, Is

Questions about jossup

What is jossup the alternative form of?
Jossup is the alternative form of jossop.

Words near jossup in the dictionary

  1. josses
  2. Jossing
  3. jossing-block
  4. jossing-blocks
  5. jossop
  6. jossup
  7. Jossverse
  8. Jost
  9. Jost van Dyke
  10. jostaberries
  11. jostaberry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jossup (page history and authors); jossop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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