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johnny
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Johnny \John"ny\, n.; pl. Johnnies.
A familiar diminutive of John.
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(Zo["o]l.) A sculpin. [Local cant]
Johny Crapaud, a jocose designation of a Frenchman, or of the French people, collectively.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
pet form of masc. proper name John (see -y (3)). Used as a contemptuous or humorous designation for some class or group of men from 1670s (it was the typical name in the North and the Northern armies for a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War). In the Mediterranean, it was a typical name for an Englishman by c.1800; in the Crimean War, it became the typical name among the English for "a Turk," later extended to "an Arab" (who by World War II were using it in turn as the typical name for "a British man"). Johnny-come-lately first attested 1839.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context slang English) A condom. 2 (context New Zealand pejorative English) An inexperienced new worker, usually an immigrant. 3 A gown with a back opening closed with snaps or ties, worn by hospital patients.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Johnny and Johnnie refer to:
Johnny is a Tollywood sports film released on 25 April 2003, written and directed by Pawan Kalyan. Kalyan also starred in the film, along with Renu Desai. The music was composed by Ramana Gogula.
Johnny (1980) is a Tamil film directed by Mahendran. It had Rajinikanth and Sridevi in the main roles with Rajinikanth in a dual role.
Johnny is the fifth studio album by Australian pop singer John Farnham, (who was billed then as "Johnny" Farnham) which was released on HMV for EMI Records in August 1971. It peaked at #24 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Charts. Farnham had earlier #1 singles with " Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" in 1968 and his cover of " Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" in 1970; a non-album single, "Acapulco Sun" was released in May 1971 but there were no charting singles from Johnny. The album features compositions from artists as diverse as George Harrison, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Joe South and George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
"Johnny" is the first single by Suicide from their 1977 self-titled album.
Johnny (1963) is the 19th album released by singer Johnny Mathis. It is his 15th original studio album, with four compilations of hit singles having been released by him at this point.
Johnny is an English language masculine and feminine personal name (or, depending on which definition of "personal name" one uses, part of a personal name). It is usually a hypocorism (affectionate diminutive) of the masculine given name John, but since the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name itself, for both males and females.
Variant forms of Johnny include: 'Johnnie, Johnney, Johnni, Johni, Johny '. The masculine Johnny can be rendered into Scottish Gaelic as Seonaidh.
"Johnny" is a song recorded by Nigerian Afro pop recording artist Yemi Alade, taken from her debut studio album King of Queens (2014). The song was an international smash hit in many countries including Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Liberia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, The United Kingdom and others. The music video was directed by Clarence Peters. Before the song was released, it was leaked over the internet.
Usage examples of "johnny".
Toed off my Keds, pulled off my socks, unbuckled my sword harness and dropped my shorts on the ground, pulled off my T-shirt with the Device of Aceta blazoned in magic marker, and stood there in my tight, white, Johnny Weismuller briefs.
THE LITTLE WRETCH Seeing that little Johnny Tompkins was safely out of the country, under injunctions to make a new man of himself, and to keep that new man, when made, at the Antipodes, I could not see anything indiscreet in touching on the matter in the course of conversation with Mrs.
Michigan plant of Archimedean, Johnny Barefoot appeared for his appointment with Kathy and found her in a state of gloom.
We turned silently and strode back out as Johnny Squid and Geoff torched the buildings.
Meyer and the Alabama Tiger, Johnny Dow and Chookie and Arthur, and all the Bahia Mar regulars.
So now he asked about Meyer and the Alabama Tiger, Johnny Dow and Chookie and Arthur, and all the Bahia Mar regulars.
Boxall also gave me a bottle of Johnny Walker for Doc which she said Mr Goodhead of the Barberton Bottle Store had been fearfully sweet and let her have.
The letters bdr stand for Black Diamond Riders the legendary Toronto outlaw motorcycle gang led by the even more legendary Johnny Sombrero, known to his mother as Henry Paul Barnes.
It was almost dark by the time Johnny crossed the Hammersmith flyover in the moist smoky grey of the evening, and he lost himself twice in the maze of Belgravia before he found the narrow mews behind Belgrave Square and parked the Jaguar.
While I surveyed the form, Johnny Bickford observed me with a defiant stare.
I have no idea how one goes about staging a series of sex-change operations, but I have to admit, Johnny Bickford did have a figure.
Johnny Bickford saw a story about her on the noon news and recognized the picture.
Jason of The Travel Guys sounded as though he and Johnny Bickford might frequent some of the same hangouts.
So Betty walked, or hitched, twenty-five miles downtown, meeting Sally Stinson and Johnny Vogel in the Biltmore lobby six hours or so later.
She was back at the Biltmore that evening, Saturday the eleventh, met Sally Stinson and Johnny Vogel in the lobby, tricked with Johnny until shortly after midnight, then took off.