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- proper noun A male
given name , in quiet use since the 1920s.
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Yes, like his father before him; the name Jolyon goes with that.
On Forsyte 'Change 2004
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“Jon (not simplified spelling, but short for Jolyon, which is a name in my family, they say) is the sort that lights up and goes out; about five feet ten, still growing, and I believe he’s going to be a poet.
To Let 2004
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"Jon (not simplified spelling, but short for Jolyon, which is a name in my family, they say) is the sort that lights up and goes out; about five feet ten, still growing, and I believe he's going to be a poet.
The Forsyte Saga - Complete John Galsworthy 1900
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"Jon (not simplified spelling, but short for Jolyon, which is a name in my family, they say) is the sort that lights up and goes out; about five feet ten, still growing, and I believe he's going to be a poet.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. Awakening To Let John Galsworthy 1900
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"Jon (not simplified spelling, but short for Jolyon, which is a name in my family, they say) is the sort that lights up and goes out; about five feet ten, still growing, and I believe he's going to be a poet.
Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900
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This clever magazine "All You Need to Know About Everything That Matters" was the brainchild of Jolyon Connell, former deputy editor of the Daily Telegraph, the UK's last remaining general news broadsheet.
Colin Morrison: Is This the World's Most Successful Magazine? Colin Morrison 2011
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This clever magazine "All You Need to Know About Everything That Matters" was the brainchild of Jolyon Connell, former deputy editor of the Daily Telegraph, the UK's last remaining general news broadsheet.
Colin Morrison: Is This the World's Most Successful Magazine? Colin Morrison 2011
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Northumberland designer Jolyon Yates has mastered the art of design poetics and visual lullabyes with his latest Series 3 ODEChair and Stingray Stools.
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Email a copy of 'Jolyon Yates' Beautifully Curving ODEChair and Stingray Stools 'to a friend
Inhabitat » Jolyon Yates’ Beautifully Curving ODEChair and Stingray Stools » E-Mail 2009
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Now the Church is on a mission to convert the so-called spiritual-but-not-religious, reports Jolyon Jenkins.
RNB Roundup: Wicca, Religion Stylebook, Scientology, David Attenborough and more… 2009
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