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What does jaunt mean in Romeo and Juliet?

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Jaunt meant the same thing it means now, a trip or voyage. The nurse says "I am a-weary, give me leave awhile: Fie, how my bones ache! what a jaunt have I had!". She's talking about her trip from the Capulet house down to the market to find Romeo and to deliver Juliet's message to him.

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