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noun: A colorless, pale yellow, or smoky variety of zircon.
From French jargon, from Italian giargone, from Persian zargun (golden). Earliest documented use: 1769.
"The genial jeweler then suggested white jargoon."
P.G. Wodehouse; The Intrusion of Jimmy; W.J. Watt and Co.; 1910.
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