jumping Frenchmen of Maine

jumping Frenchmen of Maine
jump·ing French·men of Maine .jəmp-iŋ-.french-mən-əv-'mān n pl individuals who exhibit a nervous condition characterized by involuntary jumping movements upon being startled, sometimes echolalia, suggestibility and impairment of the will, and inability to concentrate and who are usu. of French descent and from lumbering regions of Maine

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