Meanings
plural jints
- nonstandardNonstandard form of joint, reflecting a pronunciation in which /ɔɪ/ has merged with /aɪ/, resulting in the latter.
"'Tis recorded in history that we rebelled against the King one or two hundred years ago, in the time of the Romans, and that lots of us was hanged bn Gallows Hill, and quartered, and our different jints sent about the country like butcher’s meat; and for my part I can well believe it.’"
1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with jint
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