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Jonah|ˈdʒəʊnə|
Also Jonas.
1. The name of a Hebrew prophet, the subject of the Book of Jonah; used allusively, in senses thence derived.
1612T. Lavender Trav. Pref. to Rdr. C j, [He] thought it best to make a Ionas of him, and so cast both him and his books into the Sea. 1663J. Spencer Prodigies (1665) 369 They were always presumed the Jonas's which raised all the storms in the State. 1679Establ. Test 9 One of the Jonahs that was.. heaved over the Decks to allay the Tempest. a1885H. Conway Living or Dead viii, You must be very lucky in love..for you are a regular Jonah at cards. 1887Spectator 5 Nov. 1479 To make a Jonah of the one of its members who is probably least in fault.
2. Jonah-crab, a large crab (Cancer borealis) of the eastern coast of North America.
1893in Funk.
Hence jonah v. trans., to bring ill luck to.
1887Black Sabina Zembra 282, I seem to Jonah everything I touch. 1897R. Kipling Capt. Cour. 97 A Jonah's anything that spoils the luck... I've known a splittin'-knife Jonah two trips till we was on to her. |