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jones

Pronunciation: /dʒəʊnz/

US, chiefly black slang
Definition of jones

noun

  • a fixation on or compulsive desire for someone or something, typically a drug; an addiction:a two-year amphetamine jones

verb

[no object] (jones on/for)
  • have a fixation on; be addicted to:Palmer was jonesing for some coke again

Origin:

1960s: said to come from Jones Alley, in Manhattan, associated with drug addicts

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