Jumeirah Jane

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Noun

Jumeirah Jane (plural Jumeirah Janes)

  1. (informal) The stereotypical idle, pampered wife of a wealthy Western expatriate in Dubai.
    • 2011, Pranay Gupte, Dubai: The Making of a Megapolis‎[1], Penguin Books India, →ISBN, page 344:
      Tight quickly became a 'Jumeirah Jane'—a sobriquet used as a caricature for non-working foreign women who live in Jumeirah, a posh part of the city, and spent their time driving kids to and from schools, shopping or meeting one another for lunch.
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