Johnny

Examples

• My son Johnny, named so after his uncle, was at the grammar-school, and a towardly child. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• And when Our Johnny gets his breathing again, I turns again, and we all goes on together. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• If they could have seen dead Johnny on that little bed, would they have understood it? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The doctor came in too, to see how it fared with Johnny. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• No, sir, says Johnny, and then under his breath to placate God's penchant for truth, I threw the chalk-eraser. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• It was the man in the Guards who had been on duty over Johnny's bed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• No,' said Johnny, with a quiet air of pity for himself; and without opening his eyes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Often Johnny would call: Well, Yank, when are you coming into town? Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• But, Johnny murmuring something with his eyes closed, and Mrs Boffin not knowing what, old Betty bent her ear to listen and took pains to understand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• If they could have seen sick Johnny in her arms, would they have cried for pity? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Having now bequeathed all he had to dispose of, and arranged his affairs in this world, Johnny, thus speaking, left it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Yes, ma'am, this is Johnny. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• What is it, Johnny? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Johnny could bear the lady, with complete indifference, but not the horse. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Nor Our Johnny, he scarce know'd either, for sometimes when the mangle lumbers he says, “Me choking, Granny! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• All rebels were known as Johnnies, all Union troops as Yanks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

Typist: Wilhelmina