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Examples
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"Why doesn't yo 'go out an' jine 'em?" she asked, as she looked at a sleek cat that was curled up asleep near the stove.
The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West Laura Lee Hope
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I would say that one could describe that approach as a sort of "If you can't lick them, jine 'em" gambit, but then I might be served papers by the heirs of Indiana Sen. James Eli Watson, who declared that his own favorite catchphrase some 80 years ago.
Careful, That's Not a Louis Vuitton Eric Felten 2011
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If you're going to bar a woman from being a wife 'til she knows what you mean by love, you'll stop about nine tenths of the weddings in the world, and t'other tenth will be women that no decent-minded man would jine with.
Catacomb Efreet 2009
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I was settn in the gallery, and sung out to him (he was in the pit), to jine us after the play, over a glass of bear and a cold hoyster, in my pantry, the family being out.
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Hell fling nine hundred pairs of combat boots in their midst...that'll shut them up....cause it's a cinch they ain't gonna jine' up for Mista Bush's splendid little war any time soon.
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The Duke of Wales he sent for me To gae and jine the army
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Come to jine and fight for Uncle Sam. cho: Look out dar, now
Babylon is Fallen 1996
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It was blunt cut, perfectly straight, and came to just below her jaw-jine.
Floating City Lustbader, Eric 1990
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I like to work, and the boys likes to work, an I kno you do, so ide like to jine if youv no objecshuns; an now ive maid so bold to rite sich, but I was kinder pussed on by my feelins an so I hope youl excuse it and rite soon.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 Various
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I ain't got no reason why, only I jus 'ain't never had no urge from inside of me to jine.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration
yarb commented on the word jine
"I've had 'em in my quarries for years, an' they ain't got no idee of decency or fair dealin'. Every time the price of stone went up, every man of 'em would jine to screw more wages out o' me."
- Harold Frederic, The Damnation of Theron Ware, ch. 3
July 31, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word jine
Wow. Is he still talking about "Eyetalians"? My Eyetalian grandfather and his brothers worked in a quarry. My grandfather saw his brother die in a landslide. I don't think they were compensated. *ponders*
Can you tell me more about this book, yarb? I never heard of this one but it looks interesting.
July 31, 2008
yarb commented on the word jine
Nope, it's the Irish being insulted here.
I only began reading it today; it's 1896, about a frustrated young methodist pastor stuck in a provincial town far from the city glitz where his talents belong; he's just met the foxy (Irish) daughter of a local magnate, and seems to be doubting his faith (religious, marital) already! Gosh. Very well written.
July 31, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word jine
When was it written, though? (I'm assuming the novel wasn't written in 1896 but was set in that time...?)
Thanks for sharing.
July 31, 2008
reesetee commented on the word jine
Hey c_b, there's a free download of the book at Project Gutenberg, if you're interested. Yarb makes it sound so interesting that I may read it myself. :-)
July 31, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word jine
Thank heaven someone on Wordie is somewhat less lazy than I am. Thanks rt!
July 31, 2008
yarb commented on the word jine
Yep - written in 1896. And I presume set contemporaneously.
July 31, 2008
reesetee commented on the word jine
The key word being "somewhat," c_b.
Signed, Too Lazy to Make Complete Sentences
July 31, 2008
actung commented on the word jine
according to the Urban Dictionary: "The greatest hand in the game of Texas Hold'em, consisting of a Jack and a Nine."
January 26, 2011