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Synonyms for joneses

Grammar : Noun
Spell : john-ziz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒoʊn zɪz

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Définition of joneses

Origin :
  • surname, literally "John's (child);" see John. Phrase keep up with the Joneses (1913, American English) 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. Related: Jonesing.
  • As in dependence : noun reliance
  • As in addiction : noun a habit of activity, often injurious
Example sentences :
  • I marched off, with all the blood of the Joneses tingling in my veins.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • She had been to the Rectory, to call on the Joneses, she told him.
  • Extract from : « A Sheaf of Corn » by Mary E. Mann
  • You're the kind—I knew there must be people like you, because I knew the Joneses.
  • Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis
  • Some of the Tilburys are down with it, Nancy, and some of the Joneses.
  • Extract from : « Girls of the True Blue » by L. T. Meade
  • The Joneses is havin him come every other day, so the Wynneses is doin the same.
  • Extract from : « Through Welsh Doorways » by Jeannette Augustus Marks
  • You surely are a relative of the Joneses, the Milwaukee millionaires of the same name.
  • Extract from : « Jiglets » by Walter Jones
  • And he hoped to prove his gratitude to the Joneses by winning fame.
  • Extract from : « The Child's Book of American Biography » by Mary Stoyell Stimpson
  • Ma bought it off the Joneses when they got their porcelain one put into their house.
  • Extract from : « Exit Betty » by Grace Livingston Hill
  • Even among the ordinary Joneses and Browns of the world we see that it is so.
  • Extract from : « Marion Fay » by Anthony Trollope
  • Meanwhile the Smiths, Robinsons, and Joneses are having their holiday where they will.
  • Extract from : « Wings and the Child » by E. [Edith] Nesbit

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