subs. (common).—1. A footman; a flunkey.
1845–6. THACKERAY, Jeames’ Diary [Title].
1857. THACKERAY, The Virginians, xxxvi. That noble old race of footmen is well nigh gone … and Uncas with his tomahawk and eagle’s plume, and JEAMES with his cocked hat and long cane, are passing out of the world where they once walked in glory.
1876. J. GRANT, One of the Six Hundred, xv. There was a cathedral, where, doubtless, she and her family would be on a Sunday, in their luxuriously-cushioned pew, attended by a tall ‘JEAMES’ in plush, carrying a great Bible, a nosegay, and gold-headed cane.
1891. Licensed Victuallers’ Mirror, 30 Jan., p. 6, col. 3. The JEAMESES and Allplushes who frequent that part of the town.
1892. Tit-Bits, 19 March, p. 421, col. 1. Mutton-chop whiskers … are now little seen, save on the physiognomy of JEAMES Yellowplush.
2. (obsolete).—The Morning Post newspaper.
