† Wap-Johnn.
slang. Obsolete.
(See quot. 1826.)
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1826 Sporting Mag. 18 278 (note) A gentleman's coachman, or what we call ‘a Wap-John’.
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n.1826- to hit the booze, bottle, jug, pot
- to hit the bricks
- to hit the canvas
- to hit the ceiling
- to hit the deck
- to hit the floorboard
- to hit the gong, gow, stuff
- to hit the ground running
- to hit the hay
- to hit the headlines
- to hit the high spots
- to hit the highlights
- to hit the jackpot
- to hit the lith or to hit upon the lith
- to hit the mark
- to hit the master-vein
- to hit the mastervein
- to hit the nail
- to hit the nail on the head
- to hit the nail upon the head
- to hit the needle
- to hit the open man
- to hit the panic button
- to hit the pin
- to hit the pipe