Van Johnn.
/ˌvan ˈdʒɒn/, U.S. /ˌvæn ˈdʒɑn/ University slang.
= vingt-et-un n.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > vingt-et-un, etc.
vingt-et-un1772
macao1778
twenty-one1790
macco1809
Van John1853
black jack1899
pontoon1917
vingty1936
1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green xi. 102 ‘Van John’ was the favourite game.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iii. 43 We were playing Van-John in Blake's rooms till three last night.
1887 F. Darwin Life & Lett. C. Darwin I. 157 A little of Gibbon's History in the morning, and a good deal of Van John in the evening.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1853- with force and arms
- with force of arms
- with friends like ——, who needs enemies?
- with full eye, arm, etc
- with full mien
- with full mouth
- with full or all one's steam on
- with full sail
- with full sails
- with full will
- with gay abandon
- with god
- with god to friend
- with god's assistance
- with god's blessing
- with god's grace
- with god's help
- with good cheer
- with good grace
- with good or malicious intent
- with goodwill
- with great advice
- with great course
- with great facility
- with great main