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- 1 An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name John. countable, uncountable
"It appears that Drs. Jones and Freeman account for the arch over the hagioscope at St. David's by saying, though without citing authorities, that there was a door there originally."
- 2 plural of Jone form-of, plural
- 3 A placename; A locality in Kenora District, north-west Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename; A municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Autauga County, Alabama. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Coles County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
- 8 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Cass County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
- 9 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
- 10 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 11 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; Two townships, in Elk County, Pennsylvania and Beltrami County, Minnesota, listed under Jones Township. countable, uncountable
- 12 A placename; Ellipsis of Jones County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
- 1 Heroin. US, archaic, slang
"You mean you got a little Jones, huh? Was it good?"
- 2 An addiction or intense craving. US, slang
"I’ve got a basketball jones!"
- 1 Have an intense craving. US, slang
"I’m jonesing for some basketball."
- 2 third-person singular simple present indicative of jone form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
- 3 To binge on cocaine and/or alcohol. US, slang
Etymology
Genitive of John.
From Jone + -s.
Ed Boland, in The New York Times, March 2002, attributes the term to heroin addicts who frequented Great Jones Alley in New York City, off Great Jones Street between Broadway and Lafayette Street, although the slang term has obviously been around much longer. Dan Waldorf states that the use of the term, in the sense of “addiction”, originated among heroin addicts.
Ed Boland, in The New York Times, March 2002, attributes the term to heroin addicts who frequented Great Jones Alley in New York City, off Great Jones Street between Broadway and Lafayette Street, although the slang term has obviously been around much longer. Dan Waldorf states that the use of the term, in the sense of “addiction”, originated among heroin addicts.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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