variants:
or John-a-Noakes \
ˌjänəˈnōks
\
Definition of John-a-Nokes
archaic
: a party to legal proceedings whose true name is unknown
as willing to plead for John-a-Nokes as for the first noble of the land— Sir Walter Scott
— compare john-a-stiles
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