Jos.

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Jos.

  1. (biblical) Abbreviation of Joshua.
  2. (dated) Abbreviation of Joseph.
    • 1868, Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason, Turf Frauds and Turf Practices; or, Spiders and Flies, page 24:
      I told Jos. of my intentions, and he improved the occasion by eating four or five meals, and drinking at least a gallon of beer and a bottle of gin at my expense.
    • 2013, Kelly Dale Terrill, Reservoir Hill[1], Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 103:
      In 1903, Joseph A. Bank founded the Jos. A. Bank & Co.

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