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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: money for jam; MONEY

jammy

 adjective
     
jam‧my British English
1 [only before noun] informal lucky - used especially when someone has got something good without having to use any special effort or skill:
The jammy devil won £1000.
2 covered in jam or like jam
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