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East Jesus

East Jesus proper noun: a fictional remote, backward, inhabited place.

Proper noun

East Jesus

  1. (US) A fictional remote, backward, inhabited place.
    • So G. and I had a good piss-up together, as happy with one another as if we were both natives of East Jesus, Kansas, newly met in the Rue Scribe.c. 1954, Behan, Brendan, The Letters of Brendan Behan (1992), page 55
    • I'm just a plain hillbilly from East Jesus Nowhere with this adopted child that everybody keeps on telling me is dumb as a box of rocks.1998, Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees: A Novel, page 102

Questions about East Jesus

What does East Jesus mean?
East Jesus means a fictional remote, backward, inhabited place.
What part of speech is East Jesus?
East Jesus is a proper noun.

Words near East Jesus in the dictionary

  1. East Jaintia Hills
  2. East Java
  3. East Jerusalem
  4. East Jerusalemite
  5. East Jerusalemites
  6. East Jesus
  7. East Jindabyne
  8. East Kalimantan
  9. East Kameng
  10. East Kamias
  11. East Kangaloon

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