jammy

jammy
/jam"ee/, adj., jammier, jammiest. Brit. Informal.
1. very lucky.
2. pleasant; easy; desirable: He has a jammy job.
[1850-55; appar. JAM2 + -Y1; cf. the idioms to have jam on it to have something easy; real jam, pure jam something easy or pleasant]

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