I went to his joint once, back when I was first hanging out in New York, doing plays.
On the northern side of the joint Security Area between North and South Korea, there is a village called Kijong-dong (기정동).
You get vaccinated in the arm, you shouldn't have inflammation in the joint.
“We are proud of the work we have done for our country,” Mitchell and Jessen have said in a joint statement.
This past May, NBC News and The Wall Street Journal conducted a joint poll on body art.
The joint is jagged in lamb, but smooth and round in mutton.
Then cut it off where the ends of the bones are attached to the joint.
The joint of the 20-foot pieces should be directly in the center of the 10-foot piece.
A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
The imbecile baron then got out; his shoulder was out of joint.
late 13c., "a part of a body where two bones meet and move in contact with one another," from Old French joint "joint of the body" (12c.), from Latin iunctus "united, connected, associated," past participle of iungere "join" (see jugular). Related: Joints. Slang meaning of "place, building, establishment" (especially one where persons meet for shady activities) first recorded 1877, American English, from an earlier Anglo-Irish sense (1821), perhaps on the notion of a side-room, one "joined" to a main room. The original U.S. sense was especially of "an opium-smoking den."
Meaning "marijuana cigarette" (1938) is perhaps from notion of something often smoked in common, but there are other possibilities; earlier joint in drug slang meant "hypodermic outfit" (1935). Meaning "prison" is attested from 1953 but probably is older. Out of joint in the figurative sense is from early 15c. (literally, of bone displacement, late 14c.).
early 15c., "united," from Old French jointiz (adj.) and joint, literally "joined," past participle of joindre (see join (v.)).
joint (joint)
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A point of articulation between two or more bones, especially such a connection that allows motion.
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[place senses fr early 1800s Anglo-Irish joint, ''low resort,'' perhaps from its being a nearby, joined room rather than a main room]
