jects
jects noun: a multi-story low-income housing development; projects.
Noun
jects pl (plural only)
- A multi-story low-income housing development; projects.
- A few days later, Pharoah, now eleven, told a friend: "I worry about dying, dying at a young age, while you're little. I'll be thinking about I want to get out of the jects. […]1991, Alex Kotlowitz, There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America, Anchor Books, published 1992, →ISBN, page 264
- Monie grew up in the music industry, not in the jects.2006 December 28, TJ Xenos [username], “Re: Monie Love gets fired for making Young Jeezy sound like a tard...”, in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet)
Examples of jects in a sentence
- We in the 'jects, baby, a project for rejects," Jasmine sneers.2010, Carol Taylor, The Ex Chronicles, New York N.Y.: Plume, →ISBN, page 200:
- Olander grew up around the “jects,” but wasn't born there; he actually lived about two blocks away in a three-story house with his mother and younger siblings.2011, Garrett S. King, Something to Live For, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 116:
Forms of jects
| alternative form | 'jects |
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Origin of jects
Clipping of projects.
Questions about jects
- What does jects mean?
- Jects means a multi-story low-income housing development; projects.
- How do you use jects in a sentence?
- We in the 'jects, baby, a project for rejects," Jasmine sneers.
- What part of speech is jects?
- Jects is a noun.
Words near jects in the dictionary
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