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CASEY JONES
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• CASEY JONES (noun)
The noun CASEY JONES has 1 sense:
1. United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900)
Familiarity information: CASEY JONES used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Casey Jones; John Luther Jones; Jones
Instance hypernyms:
engine driver; engineer; locomotive engineer; railroad engineer (the operator of a railway locomotive)
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