Hypertext Webster Gateway: "johnny"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Johnny \John"ny\, n.; pl. {Johnnies}.
1. A familiar diminutive of {John}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A sculpin. [Local cant]
{Johny Crapaud}, a jocose designation of a Frenchman, or of
the French people, collectively.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Johnny
n : (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for
Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the
American Civil War; `grayback' derived from their gray
Confederate uniforms [syn: {Rebel}, {Reb}, {Johnny Reb},
{Johnny}, {grayback}]
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