john

Related to john: John Deere, John Nash

the john

slang The toilet. Be right back, I've gotta hit the john.
See also: john
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

john

1. n. a toilet; a bathroom. Is there another john around here?
2. n. a man. This john came up and asked if I had seen the girl in a picture he had.
3. n. a prostitute’s customer. She led the john into an alley where Lefty robbed him.
4. n. a victim of a crime or deception; a sucker. The john went straight to the cops and told the whole thing.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (one's) John Hancock
  • (one's) John Henry
  • a Dear John letter
  • Big John
  • cheap skate
  • dear John
  • Dear John letter
  • hit the john
  • Joe Public
  • john
  • John Bull
  • John Doe
  • John Hancock
  • John Law
  • John Q Public
  • John Q. Public
  • John Thomas
  • Johnny Law
  • one's John Henry
  • put (one's) John Hancock on
  • square john
  • square john broad
  • square-john broad
  • stage-door Johnny
  • the john
  • who shot John
References in classic literature
As this was said in the tone of one who knew the fact, and asked the question as a thing of course, John contented himself with nodding his head in the affirmative; at the same time taking one hand out of his pockets to cough behind, and then putting it in again.
John was thoughtful for a minute or thereabouts, and then said Yes.
Barnaby Rudge A Tale Of The Riots Of Eighty
You are in your--ha--old business I see, John?' said Mr Dorrit, with a glance at the offending bundle he had anathematised.
'Certainly, sir.' John put them, with a trembling hand, on the table.
Little Dorrit
John quite glowed with pride to hear her say it, and felt what a blessed thing it was to have a superior wife.
If John had not forgotten all about the jelly, it really would have been unpardonable in him to choose that day, of all the days in the year, to bring a friend home to dinner unexpectedly.
Little Women
'I have,' answered poor John, the blood leaping to his face.
'Oh, the watch is all right!' cried John. 'At least, I mean I was coming to the watch - the fact is, I am ashamed to say, I - I had pawned the watch before.
Tales and Fantasies
"You have seen it," said Maria Valenzuela to John Harned, as they fastened the mules to the dead bull and dragged it out.
"Yes," said John Harned, "against five bulls, and the man, like the bulls, never in the bull ring before--a man like yourself, Senor Crevallos."
The Night Born
At the first John rode with him on the box, telling him this and that, and after that James drove alone.
Black Beauty
'Hollo!' cried John, twitching one end of the dragged veil.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Thus he shouted, and all crowded around, laughing, while the brown ale flowed; and they called Little John a brave fellow, each swearing that he loved him as his own brother; for when one has entertainment with nothing to pay, one loves the man that gives it to one.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
'That's my dear John. And you won't speak a word now; will you?'
Our Mutual Friend
'An't he beautiful, John? Don't he look precious in his sleep?'
The Cricket on the Hearth