Definition of Joskins

1. joskin [n] - See also: joskin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Joskins

josamycin
josei
joseki
josekis
joseph
joseph's flower
josephs
josh
joshed
josher
joshers
joshes
joshing
joshingly
joskin
joskins (current term)
joso
joss
joss house
joss pidgin man
joss stick
joss sticks
jossa
josser
jossers
josses
jostaberries
jostaberry
jostle
jostled

Literary usage of Joskins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ceylon, the Paradise of Adam: The Record of Seven Years' Residence in the Island by Caroline Corner (1908)
"At a glance the truth was revealed to him —joskins Junior was dying. ... joskins Junior raised his eyes, tried to raise his hand, his voice, but failed, ..."

2. Ceylon, the Paradise of Adam: The Record of Seven Years' Residence in the Island by Caroline Corner (1908)
"At a glance the truth was revealed to him —-joskins Junior was dying. ... joskins Junior raised his eyes, tried to raise his hand, his voice, but failed, ..."

3. If Christ Came to Chicago: A Plea for the Union of All who Love in the by William Thomas Stead (1894)
"For the saving of the soul of Hodge joskins, what energy, what devotion, is not possible to ... For Hodge joskins innumerable are the multitude of workers; ..."

4. Ebenezer Beriah Kelly: An Autobiography by Ebenezer Beriah Kelly (1856)
"There was one man on board, named joskins, who turned away his head ... Just then a ball passed through joskins' body, and dislocated the captain's arm. ..."

5. Cigarette Papers for After-dinner Smoking by Joseph Hatton (1892)
"That has captured your imagination, I fancy ; but look at the ' joskins ... "They do not appear to me to be 'joskins,'" I reply ; " rather the opposite. ..."

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