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Jones

[johnz]
–noun
1. An⋅son [an-suhn] , 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
2. Ca⋅sey [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.
4. Daniel, 1881–1967, English phonetician.
5. Ernest, 1879–1958, Welsh psychoanalyst.
6. (Everett) Le⋅Roi [luh-roi, lee-roi] , original name of Imamu Amiri Baraka.
7. Henry Arthur, 1851–1929, English dramatist.
8. Howard Mum⋅ford [muhm-ferd] , 1892–1980, U.S. educator and critic.
9. In⋅i⋅go [in-i-goh] , 1573–1652, English architect.
10. John Luther (“Casey”), 1864–1900, legendary U.S. locomotive engineer, raised in Cayce, Ky.
11. John Paul (John Paul), 1747–92, American naval commander in the Revolutionary War, born in Scotland.
12. John Win⋅ston [win-stuhn] , 1791–1848, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1843–45.
13. Mary Harris (“Mother Jones”), 1830–1930, U.S. labor leader, born in Ireland.
14. Quincy (Delight) (“Q”), born 1933, U.S. jazz musician, filmcomposerand producer.
15. Robert Edmond, 1887–1954, U.S. set designer.
16. Robert Tyre [tahyuhr] (“Bobby”), 1902–71, U.S. golfer.
17. Rufus Matthew, 1863–1948, U.S. Quaker, teacher, author, and humanitarian.
18. Sir William, 1746–94, English jurist, linguist, and Sanskrit scholar.
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Slang Dictionary
jones

  1. n.
    a thing; a problem. (A generic name for an unknown person or thing.) : This get-rich-quick jones will land you in the joint, Lefty.
  2. n.
    a drug habit; drug addiction. (Drugs. See also skag jones.) : That jones is really riding that guy.
  3. n.
    a desire for someone or something; a craving. : He has a real jones for chocolate.
  4. tv.
    to crave something. : He's jonesing chocolate pretty bad.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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, if any, is obscure.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

jones (jōnz)
n.

  1. Heroin.

  2. An addiction, especially to heroin.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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