Jardine
Proper noun
Meaning
Jardine (plural Jardines)
A surname.
Phrases with the word
Examples
My cousin came over to my house one day just to fool around and we said - he said, some day we should start a rock n' roll group. We could all get together. And I said, I know I guy named Al Jardine who plays bass and could probably sing good. You know. So we went from there.
It took me 29 years to finish that song. That's a typical Jardine move.
Aided by Matheson's nephew, Alexander Matheson (1805–1881) and MP John Abel Smith, Jardine met several times with Palmerston to argue the necessity for a war plan.
Although Jardine may simply have worn the cap out of superstition, it conveyed a negative impression to the spectators; his general demeanour drew one comment of "Where's the butler to carry the bat for you?"
Age of steam main The first merchant steamer in China, the Jardine, was built to order for the firm of Jardine Matheson in 1835.
And both men were a study in contrasts, Jardine being tall, lean and trim while Matheson was short and slightly portly.