Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jiboney

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ji-boney
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A low-level tough or thug, a mean man.

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Etymology

Possibly from dialectal Italian giambone (“ham”, also “self-important fool”).

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Questions

What does jiboney mean?
A low-level tough or thug, a mean man.
Where does jiboney come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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