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1. An addiction or craving
   "I've got a jones for news"

1. Have an intense craving (for something)
   "I was jonesing for a smoke"

1. United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
   - Mother Jones, Mary Harris Jones
    
2. One of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652)
   - Inigo Jones
    
3. English phonetician (1881-1967)
   - Daniel Jones
    
4. United States golfer (1902-1971)
   - Bobby Jones, Robert Tyre Jones
    
5. United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900)
   - Casey Jones, John Luther Jones
    
6. American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)
   - John Paul Jones

Derived forms: Joneses, jonesed, joneses, jonesing

Type of: architect, designer, engine driver, engineer, golf player, golfer, labor leader [US], labour leader [Brit, Cdn], linksman, locomotive engineer, naval commander, phonetician, railroad engineer [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Jones, Matthew