单词 | johnny-house |
释义 | > as lemmasjohnny-house johnny-house n. U.S. regional (chiefly southern) an outside toilet, a privy, an outhouse; cf. sense 5. ΚΠ 1937 High Point (N. Carolina) Enterprise 25 Apr. 10/3 Conversation, in my opinion, should be kept on a much higher level than Johnny houses and venereal diseases. 1994 K. Lasky Mem. of Bookbat ix. 75 Gammy's house didn't have an indoor bathroom. I liked that. You had to walk up to the johnny house. 2018 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz.-Mail (Nexis) 28 Apr. 5 c It was an old, Jenny Lind house, with a tar-paper roof, which sometimes leaked, surrounded by the johnny-house and tool house. < as lemmas |
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