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   jones

   /dʒəʊnz/

   noun

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

   verb

   • 1. have a fixation on; be addicted to: "Palmer was jonesing for some coke again"

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

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • J

     8

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

   • S

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