johnny : Idioms & Phrases


gentleman johnny

  • noun British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792)
    Burgoyne; John Burgoyne.
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johnny appleseed

  • noun United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)
    John Chapman; Chapman.
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johnny cake

  • noun cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England)
    journey cake; johnnycake.
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johnny cash

  • noun United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003)
    John Cash; Cash.
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johnny reb

  • noun `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
    Reb; greyback; Rebel; Johnny.
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johnny-jump-up

  • noun a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
    pink of my John; wild pansy; love-in-idleness; Viola tricolor; heartsease.
  • noun common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies
    bird's-foot violet; wood violet; pansy violet; Viola pedata.
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Johny Crapaud

  • a jocose designation of a Frenchman, or of the French people, collectively.
Webster 1913