Mary Jane Definition
noun
Webster's New World
A shoe for girls or women having a broad, rounded toe and a strap that crosses the top of the foot and fastens at the side.
American Heritage
pronoun
A female given name.
Wiktionary
Origin of Mary Jane
Originally a trademark, after Mary Jane a character in the comic strip Buster Brown by Richard Felton Outcault (1863–1928), American cartoonist
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Literal translation of Spanish María Juana, from María (“Mary") + Juana (“Jane")
From Wiktionary
Genericized trademark, from the etymology above.
From Wiktionary
Alteration of marijuana
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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