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jook house

jook house noun: juke joint.

Noun

jook house (plural jook houses)

  1. juke joint.
    • Some old turpentine men say the jook-house was merely a bare building where the Negro laborers could frolic.1940, The American Mercury,, page 502

Forms of jook house

pluraljook houses
alternative formjook-house
alternative formjuke house

Questions about jook house

What does jook house mean?
Jook house means juke joint.
What part of speech is jook house?
Jook house is a noun.
What is the plural of jook house?
The plural of jook house is jook houses.

Words near jook house in the dictionary

  1. jooj
  2. joojed
  3. joojes
  4. joojing
  5. jook
  6. jook house
  7. jook houses
  8. jook joint
  9. jook joints
  10. jook organ
  11. jook organs

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