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: a prostitute's client
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Excuse me, I have to go to the john.
man, that guy seems to spend hours in the john
Recent Examples of john from the Web
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Boardman was wearing a green vest, black hooded sweatshirt, black pants, gray shoes, tan long john underwear and a blue T-shirt, the release states.
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Had the honour of signing with her for pope john paul in the Vatican many years ago.
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The estate of a woman killed by a john in a Northeast Portland hotel in 2014 has filed a $3.6 million lawsuit against the owners of the Hilton hotel chain and Backpage.com.
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For some reason, john really cares about this sh*t and being on any GQ list that exists.
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Just 30 seconds before, Vealencis, a Seymour native and 23-year Navy veteran now living in Las Vegas, had left the Route 91 Harvest Festival’s main stage to hit the john.
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Why not attack the john, take his money and be done with it?
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The arrival of Miranda (Amber Tamblyn), a semi-prostitute with serious student-loan debt and a possibly murderous john, complicates the ménage.
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Fair warning: Bathroom attendants assist you in the john, even though nobody needs or wants that.
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Origin and Etymology of john
from the name John
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First Known Use: 1856
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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noun
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ˈjän
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: a Jewish prophet who according to Gospel accounts foretold Jesus' messianic ministry and baptized him — called also
John the Baptist
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: an apostle who according to various Christian traditions wrote the fourth Gospel, the three Johannine Epistles, and the Book of Revelation
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: the fourth Gospel in the New Testament — see Bible Table
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: any of three short didactic letters addressed to early Christians and included in the New Testament — see Bible Table
Origin and Etymology of john
Late Latin Johannes, from Greek Iōannēs, from Hebrew Yōhānān
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First Known Use: 13th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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name of 21 popes: especially XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) 1881–1963 (pope 1958–63)
John
biographical name
1167–1216 John Lackland
play \ˈlak-ˌland\
king of England (1199–1216)
John
biographical name
Augustus Edwin 1878–1961 British painter and etcher
JOHN Defined for English Language Learners
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noun
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: a prostitute's client
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