Johnny

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Johnny \John"ny\, n.; pl. {Johnnies}.
     1. A familiar diminutive of {John}.
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     2. (Zool.) A sculpin. [Local cant]
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     {Johny Crapaud}, a jocose designation of a Frenchman, or of
        the French people, collectively.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Johnny
       n : `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers
           by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War;
           `grayback' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms
           [syn: {Rebel}, {Reb}, {Johnny Reb}, {grayback}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "johnny":
     Adamite, WC, backhouse, basement, bastard, bathroom, bedpan, being,
     bird, body, bugger, can, cat, chamber, chamber pot, chap,
     character, chemical closet, chemical toilet, closet,
     comfort station, commode, convenience, crapper, creature, customer,
     duck, earth closet, earthling, feller, fellow, groundling, guy,
     hand, head, homo, human, human being, individual, jasper, jerry,
     john, johnny house, joker, jordan, lad, latrine, lavatory, life,
     living soul, loo, man, mortal, necessary, nose, one, outhouse,
     party, person, personage, personality, piss pot, potty,
     potty-chair, powder room, privy, rest room, single, somebody,
     someone, soul, stool, stud, tellurian, terran, throne, thunder mug,
     toilet, toilet room, urinal, washroom, water closet, worldling