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Jumbos, loans above $417,000 in most markets, are attractive because they typically feature high credit scores, big down payments and low default rates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2016

Gray-Nicolls, with their scoops, were the preserve of the wristy, whippy stylists; Stuart Surridge Jumbos the clubbers and dynamic hitters; Hunts County the purists; Mitre the nurdlers.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2010

There are now more than 400 Jumbos in the air.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hark, the trumpet loudly pealing Knocks the plaster from the ceiling, As there marches on the course The Jumbos of the police-force.

From The Circus Procession by Unknown

All the "Jumbos" were ruined, excepting No. 9, which is still a venerated relic in the possession of the New York Edison Company.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis