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.
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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 SixAbraham Lincoln
I have a commission for you at Jonesboro, in what was once the unspeakable State of Franklin.
The CrossingWinston Churchill
"Nollichucky Jack's been heah, in Jonesboro, young man," said he.
The CrossingWinston Churchill
Could it be Tipton and his men riding from Jonesboro to capture Sevier?
The CrossingWinston Churchill
He was a man at Jonesboro, and tradition says that he fought with a fence-rail.
The CrossingWinston Churchill