johnny

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See also: Johnny

English

Etymology

Alternative letter-case form of Johnny, diminutive of John.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑni/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɒni/
Rhymes: -ɒni
Hyphenation: john‧ny
Audio (General Australian): (file)

Noun

johnny (plural johnnies)

(UK, Ireland, slang) A condom.
(New Zealand, derogatory) An inexperienced new worker, usually an immigrant.
- 1913, Katherine Mansfield, Millie:
  Willie Cox said they found him in the barn, shot bang through the head, and the young English johnny who'd been on the station learning farming - disappeared.
(New England) A hospital gown: a gown with a back opening closed with snaps or ties, worn by hospital patients.
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
  His hand shook. A little water spilled down the front of the hospital johnny Sean wore.
(US, slang, dated) Synonym of john: a toilet, lavatory, outhouse, or chamber pot.
- 1935, John O'Hara, BUtterfield 8, Ch. ix, page 279:
  The women's toilet (as distinguished from the ladies' room in a speakeasy, the johnny at school, the little girls' room at a party in an apartment, and the wash-my-hands on a train) was clean enough.
- 1935, John O'Hara, chapter IV, in Appointment in Samarra, page 98:
  Kitty Hofman came in the johnny.
(Ireland, slang, archaic) A half-glass of whisky.
- 1867, William Dool Killen, Memoir of John Edgar, page 108:
  [H]e declared, like a real Irishman, that 'if he were a living man when he died, he would not give a single johnny of whisky either at his wake or his funeral.'

Synonyms

(condom): See Thesaurus:condom
(place or device for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:toilet, Thesaurus:bathroom, and Thesaurus:chamber pot

Derived terms

See also

John Thomas

References

(half-glass of whisky): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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