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Jonahs

Jonahs is the plural of Jonah.

Meaning of Jonah

Noun

Jonah (plural Jonahs)

  1. (slang) A person who brings a ship bad luck.
    • Superstitious sailors regarded a clergyman as an unlucky shipmate, a Jonah whose presence would never be welcome.2008, Richard Blake, Evangelicals in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815: Blue Lights & Psalm-singers
  2. (broadly, slang) Any person or object which is deemed to cause bad luck; a jinx.
    • ‘My first agent, and he's dead. It's incredible. I feel like a complete Jonah.’1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 61

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Questions about Jonahs

What is Jonahs the plural of?
Jonahs is the plural of Jonah.

Words near Jonahs in the dictionary

  1. Jonah
  2. Jonah crab
  3. Jonah crabs
  4. Jonah fishing
  5. Jonahesque
  6. Jonahs
  7. Jonas
  8. Jonasson
  9. Jonassons
  10. jonathan
  11. jonathans

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