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Vinony

Johnny

proper noun

  1. male given name
  2. family name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒn.i/ / /ˈd͡ʒɑn.i/

name

Etymology: From John + -y. In the sense of an Englishman, compare John Bull.

  1. A diminutive of the male given name John.

noun

Etymology: Alternative letter-case form of Johnny, diminutive of John.

  1. A condom.
  2. 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. 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. 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.”

    “Kitty Hofman came in the johnny.”

  5. 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.'”