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Jukes

American

[jooks] / dʒuks /

noun

the fictitious name of an actual family that was the focus of a 19th-century sociological study of the inheritance of feeble-mindedness and its correlation with social degeneracy.

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Jukes said it was having "as big an impact as the pursuit of corrupt officers in Sir Robert Marks' commissionership".

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

But Jukes insisted that failing officers will not get away with just being sacked.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

It is a “palpably different picture than it was,” says Assistant Commissioner Jukes.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024

People can “take a degree of comfort”, says Mr Jukes, that since the attacks in London and Manchester in 2017, “that terrible year”, police have disrupted nearly 40 “terrorist plots”.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024

The "mister" jarred horribly upon the sensitive ear of Mr. W. H. Jukes, who whispered, "Call him 'sir,' yer fool."

From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.

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