Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A loose short-sleeved gown opening in the back, worn by patients undergoing medical treatment or examination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hanger-on about a theater.
- noun [capitalized] A diminutive of the name John.
- noun In ichthyology, a cottoid fish, Oligocottus maculosus, with a naked skin, slender head narrowed above, and pointed snout. It is a small species, very abundant along the western coast of the United States.
- noun Among sailors, a kind of penguin, Pygoscelis tæniata.
- noun The fish Etheostoma nigrum, a kind of darter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A familiar diminutive of
john . - noun (Zoöl.), Local cant A sculpin.
- noun a jocose designation of a Frenchman, or of the French people, collectively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun slang A
condom . - noun New Zealand, pejorative An inexperienced new worker, usually an immigrant.
- noun A gown with a back opening closed with snaps or ties, worn by hospital patients.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Big johnny is a pimply 14 year old moron who no girl will ever touch in his whole life who comes here to amuse himself by being a punk on the internet
Think Progress » Wall Street Republicans Form ‘Action Tank’ To Push Corporate Agenda 2010
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We love it. and shes thinks johnny is hot and wants his baby.
HIDDEN PALMS Premieres Tonight, Will You Be Watching? | the TV addict 2007
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Watanabex: "i loved me some natalie too, she was great in johnny english liked seeing her again"
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He himself was going to boil the quart-pot tea and would give Biddy a demonstration in johnny-cakes, made bush fashion at their own camp fire.
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Since johnny is such a p*ssy, what do two bottoms like you do anyway?
Think Progress » San Francisco Commonwealth Club postpones O’Keefe event. 2010
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i loved me some natalie too, she was great in johnny english liked seeing her again
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January 9th, 2008 at 3: 31 pm baedo says: stranger: don’t forget dina meyer in johnny pnmneumnmonic … she made that flick! oh, and i liked that guy from Black Flag, too.
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Link my johnny was a shoemaker, but now he's gone to sea
i wake in pain faithhopetricks 2009
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He is bashed up and dressed in a hospital johnny, which is kind of cute.
Supernatural: Two Minutes to Midnight - Pink Raygun.com 2010
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The rifle of John Crockett supplied his guests with the choicest venison steaks, and his wife baked in the ashes the "journey cake," since called johnny cake, made of meal from corn pounded in a mortar or ground in a hand-mill.
David Crockett 1841
chained_bear commented on the word johnny
"Frankie & Johnny," by Duke Ellington (among others)
"Hangin' Johnny" by Great Big Sea (among others)
"Gently Johnny" by Paul Giovanni
"Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier," and of course "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
And "Johnny Scobie."
February 9, 2008
skipvia commented on the word johnny
Also Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
February 9, 2008