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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75150" /> == | |||
<p> A familiar form of John, the most widely spread of [[Christian]] names, and said to be derived from the French </p> <p> s others maintain, from </p> <p> distinctive form of </p> <p> r </p> <p> b>Johnkin gives us </p> <p> nd </p> <p> rom its extreme commonness it has acquired that slightly contemptuous signification observable in such compounds as "every man </p> <p> quot; </p> <p> quot; </p> <p> nd the name as applied to the <i> knaves </i> in playing-cards, and to the small white ball used as a mark in the game of bowls is an example of its transferred sense. </p> | <p> A familiar form of John, the most widely spread of [[Christian]] names, and said to be derived from the [[French]] </p> <p> s others maintain, from </p> <p> distinctive form of </p> <p> r </p> <p> b>Johnkin gives us </p> <p> nd </p> <p> rom its extreme commonness it has acquired that slightly contemptuous signification observable in such compounds as "every man </p> <p> quot; </p> <p> quot; </p> <p> nd the name as applied to the <i> knaves </i> in playing-cards, and to the small white ball used as a mark in the game of bowls is an example of its transferred sense. </p> | ||
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Revision as of 21:15, 11 October 2021
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
A familiar form of John, the most widely spread of Christian names, and said to be derived from the French
s others maintain, from
distinctive form of
r
b>Johnkin gives us
nd
rom its extreme commonness it has acquired that slightly contemptuous signification observable in such compounds as "every man
quot;
quot;
nd the name as applied to the knaves in playing-cards, and to the small white ball used as a mark in the game of bowls is an example of its transferred sense.
