Honest John
Americannoun
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Informal.
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an honest, sincere man.
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a man so trusting and innocent that he may be easily cheated or deceived.
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a surface-to-surface, single-stage U.S. artillery rocket.
Etymology
Origin of Honest John
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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The way I got Def Jam is I was friends with a comic named Honest John, who was on BET's "ComicView."
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2023
That differs from the unconvincing digital form that organic creatures like Jiminy, Honest John, a bipedal fox; or Geppetto’s cat Figaro assume through 21st century technology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
His opponent was a white northerner called, ironically, Honest John Patterson.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2018
Motoring journalist Honest John offers a glib dismissal.
From BBC ● May 10, 2010
I’ve called him a coward a thousand times for tolerating such an outrage for an instant, and now that he’s gone I’m going to show Honest John that he can’t put it over me!”
From Shadow Mountain by Coolidge, Dane
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