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jonesing

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jones   (jōnz)   
n.  
  1. Heroin.

  2. An addiction or craving.

intr.v.   jonesed, jones·ing, jones·es
To have an eager or intense desire: was jonesing for caffeine.

[Perhaps from the name Jones.]
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