Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈd͡ʒɒn.i/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈd͡ʒɑn.i/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Noun
A condom.
Usage- Ireland
- UK usage
- Slang
An inexperienced new worker, usually an immigrant.
Usage- New-Zealand
- Derogatory
- Examples
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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.
A hospital gown: a gown with a back opening closed with snaps or ties, worn by hospital patients.
Usage- New-England
- Examples
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His hand shook. A little water spilled down the front of the hospital johnny Sean wore.
Synonym of john: a toilet, lavatory, outhouse, or chamber pot.
Usage- US usage
- Dated
- Slang
- Examples
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More examples (1)
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.
Kitty Hofman came in the johnny.
A half-glass of whisky.
Usage- Ireland
- Archaic
- Slang
- Examples
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[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.'