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Johnny (iou)



Johnny noun. Also Johnnie. L17.
[Dim. of JOHN: see -Y6, -IE.]
A fellow, a chap. Freq. as a derog. form of address to a man regarded as inferior, esp. a soldier of a colonized country in the army of the colonizing power. colloq. L17.
G. A. Birmingham That's the sort of way those scientific Johnnies talk. L. Deighton This is the Johnny who interrogated Bernard.
b. = JOHN 3. slang. M19.
A gentoo penguin. Also Johnny penguin. M19.
(johnny.) = JOHN 6. colloq. (chiefly US). M20.
(johnny.) A condom. Also rubber Johnny. slang. M20.
Phrases: jingling Johnny: see JINGLE. rubber Johnny: see sense 4 above.
Comb.: Johnny-come-lately (a) a newcomer; (b) = Johnny Raw below; Johnny Crapaud, Johnny Crapeau arch. colloq. (a) a Frenchman, a French Canadian; (b) the French nation personified; Johnny Head-in-Air, Johnny Head-in-the-Air colloq. a dreamy fellow; Johnny-jump-up N. Amer. any of several kinds of wild or cultivated pansy or violet; Johnny Newcome (a) = Johnny Raw below; (b) a newcomer of any kind; Johnny penguin: see sense 2 above; Johnny Raw an inexperienced youngster; a novice; Johnny Reb US (a northern name for) a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War.