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What does Joneses mean?

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Noun
  1. plural of Jones
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It doesn't seek to keep up with the Joneses, it seeks to destroy what the Joneses have so that they can be as miserable as the envious one.
Wharton was born Miss Jones, of the Joneses with whom one was obliged to keep up.
The usual suspects for Galbraith had changed from the captains of industry to the Joneses across the street.
There is an element of keeping up with the Joneses, where people are constantly looking at their neighbours to see how they are doing.
While Bubba filled the gas tank we'd visit about some earth-shattering subject like the new fence the Smiths were putting up to spite the Joneses.
Keeping up with the Joneses here means having the biggest, juiciest tomatoes in your garden.

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