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 Jav’anese (3 syl.).Jaw. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Javert.
 
An officer of police, the impersonation of inexorable law in Lee Misérables, by Victor Hugo.   1
 


 Jav’anese (3 syl.).Jaw. 

 
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