Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person on shipboard regarded as the cause of ill luck; any one whose presence is supposed or alleged to cause misfortune.
- To play the part of a Jonah to; spoil the luck of; bring ill luck to.
- noun In games of chance, a player who can never win anything; a very unlucky person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.
- noun (Zoöl.) a large crab (
Cancer borealis ) of the eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found between tides, but usually in deep water.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A male
given name . - proper noun biblical A book of the
Old Testament and theHebrew Tanakh . - proper noun nautical, slang A person who brings a ship
bad luck . - proper noun slang, by extension of the nautical sense Any person or object which is deemed to cause bad luck; a
jinx .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land
- noun a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale
- noun a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
Etymologies
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Examples
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For the story of Jonah (who was commanded, however, not to go to Tarshish) see _Jonah_ i.
Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Robert Browning 1850
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Testament the story of Jonah misquoted, and and by a small transposition a la mode de Surenhusius, representing that Jonah swallowed the whale!
The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old George Bethune English 1807
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"I've been what they call a Jonah, don't you think, Mr. Gage?"
The Sagebrusher A Story of the West Emerson Hough 1890
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But I do recall the story, and the term Jonah, and now can't find it anywhere.
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But I do recall the story, and the term Jonah, and now can't find it anywhere.
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 Before exiting town, Jonah is offered a bounty (by a man dressed in the classic garb of the Lone Ranger, a funny little bit of business) on various remaining vaqueros.
Review: Jonah Hex #50 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Jonah is a talent but should really think twice about losing some weight or he is going to be another John Candy or John Belushi. blog comments powered by Disqus
Jonah Hill and Director David Gordon Green to Pair Up for THE SITTER – Collider.com 2010
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My friend and meme-making kingpin Jonah Peretti, who is featured at length in Wasik's book, responded with some cogent points on Facebook.
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In his book mentioned previously, J.S.M. Ward tells of a Roman sarcophagus in the Bardo Museum, Tunis, showing the emergence of Jonah from the whale that swallowed him for three days, and making the Sign of Preservation – in effect, indicating that his life was saved.
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 Jonah is relentless, even dragging one of the bounties from the church where he has set up a life as a priest.
Review: Jonah Hex #50 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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