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jook houses

jook houses is the plural of jook house.

Meaning of jook house

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

Questions about jook houses

What is jook houses the plural of?
Jook houses is the plural of jook house.

Words near jook houses in the dictionary

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

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