jones
An addiction or intense cravingAn addiction or intense craving.
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Translations
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2 senses(US, archaic, slang)Heroin.
(US, slang)An addiction or intense craving.
I’ve got a basketball jones!
Sucht, Verlangen
- United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
- United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900)
- United States golfer (1902-1971)
- American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)
Origin
Ed Boland, in an article in March 2002 of the The New York Times, attributes the term to hEd Boland, in an article in March 2002 of the The New York Times, 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.
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Forms
plural: jonesesSynonyms
9 synonyms- United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930):Mother JonesMary Harris Jones
- United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900):Casey JonesJohn Luther Jones
- United States golfer (1902-1971):Bobby JonesRobert Tyre Jones
- American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792):John Paul Jones
- one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652):Inigo Jones
- English phonetician (1881-1967):Daniel Jones
Word family
1 related wordsSee also
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