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John

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
john/ʤɒn/

▶noun informal

1 chiefly N. Amer. a toilet.

2 a prostitute's client.

– origin early 20th cent.: from the given name John.

'John' also found in these Oxford entries:

Anderson shelter - Angevin - Barbour - Bircher - Blue John - Box and Cox - Braxton Hicks contractions - Browning - Calvinism - Cheyne-Stokes breathing - dalton - dark night of the soul - Dear John letter - demijohn - dory - doubting Thomas - Down's syndrome - Draize test - dunce - Ecce Homo - either - euphuism - evangelist - Falstaffian - Hussite - hypericin - hypericum - jack - Jack Russell - Jn - john - John Barleycorn - John Bull - John Doe - John Dory - johnny - John Q. Public - Keynesian - klieg light - KStJ - kyanize - lamb - loganberry - Lollard - macadam - macadamia - McIntosh - Mandaean - Maronite - Mason jar

Forum discussions with the word(s) "John" in the title:

(The?) Singer and songwriter John Lennon
*John wager Peter to be crazy.
"He went there to meet Reed -- John to his friends."
"if I did, I would have had John here"
"If John were/was here."
"John et al.'s" or "John's et al."
"scoping out john's"
"She slid her hand in John's and started walking."
A few people were arrested, among whom <were> John and Ted.
A friend of John's Vs A John's friend.
A John Smith
a man named John/a man called John
A phrase such as ‘John’s building a spaceship’ 'it' may not [omit?]
about a lyric ( John Mayer's Belief)
Am I 'calling' John?/Whom I am I 'calling'?
Angry for John: correct or incorrect?
came to/took part in John's party
Conditional (2): With could? If John __ hard, he could pass the examination.
Conditional 2: If John <works, worked> hard, he could pass the examination.
CV's John Brown...???
Dear John Carson and Mary Jean
dear John letter
Do you know anyone by the name John?
Do/Does either you or John like
During the election debate, John faced the accusation with
Efficient John's equation for car simulation.
Elton John song: "outro" (music term)
excluding/except John
ft. [In Elton John 'ft.' Lady Gaga song ....]
Gerund or noun: I was surprised at John's quick recovering.
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