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[dʒəʊnz], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a fixation on or compulsive desire for someone or something, typically a drug; an addiction
(e.g: a two-year amphetamine jones)
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1960s: said to come from Jones Alley, in Manhattan, associated with drug addicts
[dʒəʊnz], (Verb)
Definitions:
- have a fixation on; be addicted to
(e.g: Palmer was jonesing for some coke again)
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