Definitions
a person believed to bring bad luck to those around them
Word origin
From the Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâh, “dove”). Doublet of Jonas.
Used in a sentence
“So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.”
“Superstitious sailors regarded a clergyman as an unlucky shipmate, a Jonah whose presence would never be welcome.”
“‘My first agent, and he's dead. It's incredible. I feel like a complete Jonah.’”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Bad-luck figure”5 letters
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