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Jukes

American  
[jooks] / dʒuks /

noun

  1. the fictitious name of an actual family that was the focus of a 19th-century sociological study of the inheritance of feeble-mindedness and its correlation with social degeneracy.


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On Wednesday, Gwent Police confirmed all 11 Nissan Jukes had been recovered, along with a Kia Niro and a Nissan Navara that were also reported stolen.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Jukes has denied "any wrongdoing" and said he had "stepped back from politics in order to clear my name".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Both James Orr, the party's head of policy; and Dan Jukes, Farage's right-hand man, will be missed profoundly by those inside the party.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Dan Jukes, a media aide to Farage who also appeared in the video, also stepped aside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

It was printed in two sheets published in London, June 2, 1777, done in aquatinta by Francis Jukes.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by James H. Stark

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