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jumbo

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"Extra large"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒʌmbəʊ/Part of speech adjectiveSorted bjmouStarts with JEnds with O1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. of great mass; huge and bulky

Word origin

From Jumbo (1860–1885), the name given to a large African elephant from East Africa that was purchased in 1882 by American showman P. T. Barnum (1810–1891) for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Compare Swahili jambo (“matter, thing”) and jumbe (“chief, headman”).

Used in a sentence

  • a jumbo helping
  • At Bucyrus, Ohio, M. C. Coulter this season has demonstrated that he can grow a nice crop of the jumbo variety of peanuts.
  • Of the receipts of unshelled peanuts only a few extras are now being bought, the remainder being divided rather equally between jumbo and fancy grades.

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