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plural noun
one's neighbors, friends, business associates, etc.: Keeping up with the Joneses has put him in debt.
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Joneses
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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verb (used without object)
3.
To have an intense desire (usually followed by for or on); crave: I'm jonesing for a toasted onion bagel with lox and cream cheese.
Origin:
1965–70; origin uncertain
1965–70; origin uncertain
noun
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Ca·sey 
[key-see] , (John Luther Jones), 1864–1900, U.S. locomotive engineer: folk hero of ballads, stories, and plays.
[key-see] , (John Luther Jones), 1864–1900, U.S. locomotive engineer: folk hero of ballads, stories, and plays.3.
Chuck (Charles Martin Jones), 1912–2002, U.S. film animator.
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Daniel, 1881–1967, English phonetician.
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EXPANDErnest, 1879–1958, Welsh psychoanalyst.
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Henry Arthur, 1851–1929, English dramatist.
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John Luther (“Casey”), 1864–1900, legendary U.S. locomotive engineer, raised in Cayce, Ky.
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John Paul (John Paul), 1747–92, American naval commander in the Revolutionary War, born in Scotland.
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Mary Harris (“Mother Jones”), 1830–1930, U.S. labor leader, born in Ireland.
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Quincy (Delight) (“Q”), born 1933, U.S. jazz musician, filmcomposerand producer.
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Rufus Matthew, 1863–1948, U.S. Quaker, teacher, author, and humanitarian.
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COLLAPSESir William, 1746–94, English jurist, linguist, and Sanskrit scholar.
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Word Origin & History
Jones
for the surname, see John. Phrase keep up with the Joneses (1913, Amer.Eng.) is from the title of a comic strip by Arthur R. Momand. The slang sense "intense desire, addiction" (1968) probably arose from earlier use of Jones as a synonym for "heroin," presumably from the proper name, but the connection,
EXPANDif any, is obscure.
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Medical Dictionary
jones (jōnz)
n.
Heroin.
An addiction, especially to heroin.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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