johnny

proper noun Johnnys · Johnnies · Johny

1. A diminutive of the male given name John.

noun Johnnys · Johnnies · Johny

1. slang A jack (playing card).
2. abbreviation, ellipsis, informal Ellipsis of Johnny Reb (“Confederate soldier in the American Civil War”).
3. slang An Englishman.
4. slang A fellow, a man. We met in the desert, and we headed 'em off, and the other Johnnies herded 'em behind.

noun johnnies

1. Ireland, UK, slang A condom.

   Similar: condom, toilet

2. New Zealand, derogatory An inexperienced new worker, usually an immigrant. 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.
3. New England A hospital gown: a gown with a back opening closed with snaps or ties, worn by hospital patients. His hand shook. A little water spilled down the front of the hospital johnny Sean wore.
4. US, dated, slang Synonym of john: a toilet, lavatory, outhouse, or chamber pot. 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.

   Similar: john

5. Ireland, archaic, slang A half-glass of whisky. [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.'

Similar: bathroom, and Thesaurus:chamber pot