john

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While in line for the john, the Jumbotrons showed footage from the kick-off concert at the Lincoln Memorial.

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  1. noun Slang A toilet.
  2. noun Slang A man who is a prostitute's customer.

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  • "Nobody understands him when he talks You mean the estimable William Harper Little-john, better known as Johnny?" —  028 - The Roar Devil
  • She said he had a bad heart, and that happened to me once, too, but my john was no golden boy. —  7th Heaven by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
  • USERINFO firstname - john, paul lastname - brown, murphy username - johnb, paulm password - ****, **** email - ifi@fd, ds@fjd coursecode - ca136, ca136 courseyear - 1, 1
  • Collected Non-Fictions, by Jorge Luis Borges {A prose impresario short-winded enough to keep beside the toilet -- especially if your john is in a labrynith that transcends spacetime.} —  Snarksmith: new york. gossip. art. politics. pop culture. literature. etc.
  • Balthazar Getty as Rumer's character's john, as well as the return of —  E! Online (US) - Top Stories
 

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