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Johnny-on-the-spot
noun- a portable toilet US
- When Bengie saw the “johnny-on-the-spot,” a light lit up inside his head[.] — Tina Russell, Porno Star, p. 157, 1973
- a person who is available whenever needed US, 1896
- “There’s nothing like being johnny-on-the-spot,” Dr. Sherwood says. “Being right there so that when a kid is in trouble he can come and ring your bell at eleven o’clock at night and know that you will answer it.” — Harrison E. Salisbury, The Shook-up Generation, p. 178, 1958
- No telling what might have happened if I hadn’t been right here Johnny-on-the-spot when the fire broke out. — Jim Thompson, Pop. 1280, p. 151, 1964
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