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joint

1. n. a tavern; a speakeasy. (Prohibition.) I wanted to open a joint, but I don’t have the cash.
2. n. a low-class establishment; a dive. Let’s get out of this crummy joint.
3. n. a tobacco cigarette. Why are beggars being choosers about their joints all of a sudden?
4. n. a marijuana cigarette. The joint wasn’t enough to carry him very long.
5. n. a penis. (Usually objectionable.) He covered his joint and ran for the dressing room.
6. n. a jail; a prison. (Underworld.) Lefty just got out of the joint.
7. n. a toilet. I gotta get to the joint fast!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (one's) nose is out of joint
  • blow the joint
  • blow this joint
  • case the joint
  • clip joint
  • creep joint
  • get (one's) nose out of joint
  • get nose out of joint and have nose out of joint; put nose out of ...
  • get one’s nose out of joint
  • gyp joint
  • have (got) (one's) nose out of joint
  • heavy joint
  • hop joint
  • joint
  • juice joint
  • nose out of joint
  • nose out of joint, have one's
  • nose out of joint, to have one's/put someone's
  • out of joint
  • put (one's) nose out of joint
  • put nose out of joint
  • put somebody's nose out of joint
  • put someone’s nose out of joint
  • put someone's nose out of joint
  • square
  • square joint
  • times are out of joint, the
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