What is "joneses"

Usage examples of "joneses".

Hannas were tired and slightly grumpy, then so were the Joneses -- long day, short tempers, why belabor the obvious?

The Joneses had always been as good Moslems as anyone else, but Hamid-Jones had received his share of thoughtless snubs as a child and had never entirely outgrown the old sensitivity.

A few rise by the slow process of acknowledged fitness,--men who probably at first have not thought of offices, but are chosen because they are wanted, and those whose careers are grudged them, not by their opponents or rivals, but by the Browns and Joneses of the world who cannot bear to see a Smith or a Walker become something so different to themselves.

He just got into his white car and rattled off into the night, joining all the other Smiths, Joneses, Kelleys, and Frenches who seem to serve no purpose except to excite the latent paranoia of the UFO enthusiasts and keep one set of myths alive.

It hadn't taken much investigation to check the city directory and see that the Gardeners, not the Joneses, lived in the small house behind Henrico Doctors' Hospital where Brazil had dropped off Weed last night.

It was expensive, and they weren't even trying to keep up with the Joneses!

There was social pressure at Piano East, but my mother and I couldn't begin to keep up with the Joneses, so we didn't even try.

We may want to keep up with the Joneses -- but not with the Vanderbilts.

We may want to keep up with the Joneses - but not with the Vanderbilts.

We have no desire to keep up with the Joneses, or have a larger house, or boat—.

We have no desire to keep up with the Joneses, or have a larger house, or boatin those islands large enough to have suitable bodies of waterthan our neighbors.

I can casually strike a chord or two, while admiring the instrument, and discover if the foggy, catarrhal note of an unused instrument tells the tale of pretension, of keeping up with the Joneses.

We want something better than just money and keeping up with the Joneses.

Droffs had had difficulty in keeping up with the Joneses, so to speak.

A sprawling astral subdivision where there is nothing to do but eat and watch television and where all the houses, yards and people look pretty much alike, Thud keeps up with the Joneses.