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Paul Jones
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What does Paul Jones mean?
noun
- Any of various mixer dances that were popular in the early 20th century.
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About the time that he set out, Paul Jones was ravaging the coasts of Galloway, and producing general consternation throughout the district.
And as seamen frequent these haunts, there are maritime pictures by the dozen: of partings between sailors and their lady-loves, portraits of William, of the ballad, and his Black-Eyed Susan; of Will Watch, the Bold Smuggler; of Paul Jones the Pirate, and the like: on which the painted eyes of Queen Victoria, and of Washington to boot, rest in as strange companionship, as on most of the scenes that are enacted in their wondering presence.