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[ john-ziz ] / ˈdʒoʊn zɪz /
plural nounone's neighbors, friends, business associates, etc.: Keeping up with the Joneses has put him in debt. Origin of JonesesFirst recorded in 1925–30 Words nearby JonesesJonah crab, Jonathan, Jonathan spot, jones, Jonesboro, Joneses, Jones, John Paul, Jonestown, jong, Jongkind, jongleur Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for JonesesNow I think people just make them to keep up with the Joneses. So You Want to be a Porn Star? Inside the Sex Tape Phenomenon|Aurora Snow|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST I try to use a lot of the old words where I can, just one of my joneses. Poet of the Ozarks: Daniel Woodrell on His New Book and Life|Allen Barra|July 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST Enid, where the Joneses live and farm on 3,000 acres, sits in the middle part of the state. Oklahoma Farmers Find Ways to Cope While Waiting for Drought to End|Malcolm Jones|October 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST At the Los Angeles press conference for her new comic indie drama The Joneses last week, Moore, 47, looked great. What Happened to Demi?|Gina Piccalo|April 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST
By railroading the McDonnells and Joneses of the world out of public life, we're left with colorless numbskulls. Leave Van Jones Alone|Reihan Salam|September 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST There were even days when the Joneses questioned whether they were not running a public telephone, so often did the bell ring. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893|Various Some of the Tilburys are down with it, Nancy, and some of the Joneses. Girls of the True Blue|L. T. Meade The Joneses have got the two old Miss Singleweeds staying with them. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, April 11, 1917|Various Let me have that sum of five hundred pounds, and I will always take your part against the Joneses. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson|Anthony Trollope Meanwhile the Smiths, Robinsons, and Joneses are having their holiday where they will. Wings and the Child|E. [Edith] Nesbit
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