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jawn

[ jawn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Informal, Chiefly Philadelphia.

something or someone for which the speaker does not know or does not need a specific name:
Put some onions on those jawns or they'll be bland.
It's gonna be crazy at that jawn tonight.

Origin of jawn¹

First recorded in 2000–05; of uncertain origin; possibly a local Philadelphia variant of joint

But Jawn D., havin' a large an' growin' fam'ly iv dollars, takes on'y a kind iv gin'ral inthrest in thim.

At that rate it'll be a long time befure Jawn D. an' me meet again on the goluf-links.

It don't seem right, Jawn, f'r th' McGuires is a clane fam'ly; but th' docthor said a bug got into me system.

Jawn, ye know no more about politics thin a mimber iv this here Civic Featheration.

But in these times, Jawn dear, a-ho th' gray hearts left behind an' th' hungry mouths to feed.

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