单词 | johnny turk |
释义 | > as lemmasJohnny Turk Johnny Turk n. colloquial (offensive) a Turkish man, esp. a soldier; Turkish troops collectively; cf. sense 2g.In quot. 1836: a generic name given to an Arab man. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of Turkey > [noun] turkeina1330 Turka1400 Turkman1481 Ottoman1546 Turkisher1607 Ottomanic1614 Ottomitea1616 Othman1787 Johnny Turk1836 Johnny1854 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > Turkish janissary1615 Arnaut1717 Johnny Turk1836 Johnny1854 Abdul1870 1836 G. Jones Excursions to Cairo, Jerusalem, Damascus, & Balbec 86 Johnny Turk, here, lengthen this stirrup for me. 1854 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 30 Dec. 10/1 Even poor Johnny Turk is better off than we are. 1919 Mr. Punch's Hist. Great War 24 Now it is the turn of ‘Johnny Turk’, who has had his knock on the Suez Canal. 2005 P. Taylor Now & in Hour of our Death vi. 60 It is a rather promising sign that Johnny Turk and a Greek are going into business together over here. < as lemmas |
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