John Barleycorn noun

Malt spirits personified

John Bircher noun (US)

A member of the extreme right-wing anti-communist John Birch Society

johnˈboat noun (US)

A light flat-bottomed boat with square ends

John Bull noun

A generic name for an Englishman, from Arbuthnot(t)'s History of John Bull, 1712

John Bullism noun

The typical English character, or any act or word expressive of it

John Canoe noun see separate entry.

John Chinaman noun (derogatory)

1. A Chinese man
2. (collectively) the Chinese

John Citizen noun

A typical citizen

John Collins noun

An alcoholic long drink based on gin

John Company noun (obsolete)

The East India Company

John Doe, Jane Doe noun

Names for unidentified male and female characters, esp in US detective stories, films

John Doe and Richard Roe noun

Imaginary plaintiff and opponent in the old legal action for ejectment, proverbial as a legal fiction

John Dory see dory¹

Johnˈ-go-to-bed-at-noon noun

The goat's-beard (because it closes early in the day)

John Hancock noun (US inf)

A signature (from John Hancock, signatory of the Declaration of Independence)

John Hop noun (old Aust and NZ rhyming sl for cop)

A policeman

John Kanoo see John Canoe

Johnnˈy-cake noun

(also without cap) a flat cake made from maize flour (US) or wheat flour (Aust)

Johnny-come-lateˈly noun

(also without cap) an upstart

Johnny-headˈ-in-air or John o'dreams noun

A dreamy, impractical person

Johnnˈy-raw noun

1. A beginner
2. A greenhorn

Johnny Reb noun (US inf)

A Confederate soldier in the Civil War

John Thomas noun (slang)

The penis

barley¹ /bärˈli/

1. A hardy grass (Hordeum vulgare and other species)
2. Its grain used for food, and for making malt liquors and spirits

barˈley-bree, barˈley-broo or -broth noun (Scot)

1. Strong ale
2. Whisky

barˈleycorn noun

1. (personified as John Barleycorn) the grain from which malt is made
2. A single grain of barley
3. A measure of length = 1/3 of an inch (obsolete)
4. A V-shaped sight on a gun

barley sugar noun

A sweet made by melting and cooling sugar (formerly by boiling it with a decoction of barley)

barˈley-sugar adjective

Usu (eg of furniture legs, etc) referring to the twisted spiral shape of a barley-sugar stick

barley water noun

A liquid produced by boiling down pearl barley in water, usu sweetened and flavoured as a cold drink

barley wine noun

A strong English beer

pearl barley

The grain stripped of husk and pellicle, and completely rounded by grinding

pot barley

The grain deprived by milling of its outer husk, used in making broth, etc