2. Verb. (third-person singular of jawbone) ¹
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Definition of Jawbones
1. jawbone [v] - See also: jawbone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jawbones
Literary usage of Jawbones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ceremonial Institutions: Being Part IV. of the Principles of Sociology. (The by Herbert Spencer (1883)
"Though clear evidence that jawbones become badges, is not forthcoming, ...
After our war with Ashantee, where, as we have seen, jawbones are habitually ..."
2. The Principles of Sociology by Herbert Spencer (1896)
"Though clear evidence that jawbones become badges, is not forthcoming, ...
After our war with Ashantee, where, as we have seen, jawbones are habitually ..."
3. The Story of the Lopez Family: A Page from the History of the War in the by Canning Eyot (1903)
"To slay five thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an ass was, in itself, a
questionable achievement; but to wag the jawbones of an ass as an ..."
4. The Principles of Sociology by Herbert Spencer (1900)
"Though clear evidence that jawbones become badges, is not forthcoming, we have
good reason to think that substituted representations of them do. ..."
5. The Principles of Sociology by Herbert Spencer (1899)
"After our war with Ashantee, where, as we have seen, jawbones are habitually
taken as trophies, there were brought over to England among other curiosities, ..."
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