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jointist

noun

Etymology

From joint (“restaurant, bar, or nightclub”) + -ist.

  1. derived from iūnctus
  2. derived from joint — “joint of the body”
  3. inherited from joynt
  4. suffixed as jointist — “joint + ist”

Definitions

  1. Operator of an illegal drinking place or "joint"

    • In Kansas no man dares to flaunt his sign in the eyes of the public, to entice custom; the liquor seller is the sneaking boot-legger, skulking jointist, criminal and outlaw, afraid of every shadow that falls across his hiding-place […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA