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Jukes

American

[jooks] / dʒuks /

noun

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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"We are breaking up and busting up teams," Jukes said.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

Jukes said it was having "as big an impact as the pursuit of corrupt officers in Sir Robert Marks' commissionership".

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

But Jukes insisted that failing officers will not get away with just being sacked.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

But Mr Jukes found Telegram, host of several large groups in which disorder was organised and hate and disinformation were shared, hard to deal with.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024

"And if Ginger Jukes, who is five foot six an' draws the beam at eleven stun in his birthday suit, why not Mr. Enery Arper?"

From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.

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