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Jonesboro

[johnz-bur-oh, -buhr-oh]

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noun

a city in NE Arkansas.

a town in NE Tennessee: oldest town in Tennessee.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for jonesboro

Historical Examples of jonesboro

If you are to do any good to Rosecrans it will not do to waste time with Jonesboro.
The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Six
Abraham Lincoln
I have a commission for you at Jonesboro, in what was once the unspeakable State of Franklin.
The Crossing
Winston Churchill
"Nollichucky Jack's been heah, in Jonesboro, young man," said he.
The Crossing
Winston Churchill
Could it be Tipton and his men riding from Jonesboro to capture Sevier?
The Crossing
Winston Churchill
He was a man at Jonesboro, and tradition says that he fought with a fence-rail.
The Crossing
Winston Churchill