jest
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In 2015, she published a memoir "Shirley, I Jest!"
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2023
Burrage and “The Jest of Warburg Tantavul,” in which Seabury Quinn’s Jules de Grandin, “the occult Hercule Poirot,” defies conventional morality to secure a young couple’s happiness.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2020
Jest: LB Frankie Luvu suffered a groin injury and did not return.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2020
Jest Famous had excellent freshman campaign, winning the Southwest Juvenile Championship last year after running third in the $1 million Ruidoso Futurity.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2019
“Tol’able. Jest tol’able. She ain’t never really got over her pleurisy.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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