Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A newcomer or latecomer, especially a recent adherent to a cause or trend.
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- noun idiomatic A
newcomer ; anovice ; anupstart .
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Examples
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Strayhorn 1915-1967 is usually classified as a Johnny-come-lately to the swing era, but generationally as well as musically speaking, his works are as well suited to beboppers and modernists as they are to big band and swing players.
Classic Sounds Will Friedwald 2011
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“I think I’m what you’d call a Johnny-come-lately racing freak.”
Sudden Rain Maritta Wolff 2009
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He wants to distinguish Johnny-come-lately inventions from GIs that do have the weight of history behind them, even if the history is one of change over time.
IPSC: Copyright/Right of Publicity/GIs Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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And he’s a Johnny-come-lately compared to Russia’s national security chief Nikolai Patrushev, who only recently warned the Israelis not to push the U.S. to attack Iran.
Pepe Escobar: The Myth of “Isolated” Iran Pepe Escobar 2012
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"Rowe isn't a Johnny-come-lately to the climate debate," says Howard Learner, executive director of the advocacy Environmental Law & Policy Center.
CEO Profile: Handle carbon issue now, Exelon's Rowe says 2010
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Already an undercurrent was bubbling up that the team had become arrogant, drawing Johnny-come-lately fans who wear pink Sox caps and don't care that much whether or not the team loses.
With Boston's Historic Collapse, Red Sox Fans Are Back to Blue Jennifer Levitz 2011
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And he’s a Johnny-come-lately compared to Russia’s national security chief Nikolai Patrushev, who only recently warned the Israelis not to push the U.S. to attack Iran.
Pepe Escobar: The Myth of “Isolated” Iran Pepe Escobar 2012
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And he’s a Johnny-come-lately compared to Russia’s national security chief Nikolai Patrushev, who only recently warned the Israelis not to push the U.S. to attack Iran.
Pepe Escobar: The Myth of “Isolated” Iran Pepe Escobar 2012
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His missus is Miss Johnny-come-lately around here.
Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011
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He wants to distinguish Johnny-come-lately inventions from GIs that do have the weight of history behind them, even if the history is one of change over time.
Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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