Example Sentences

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Who knows how much license these romantic johnnies took with their stabbing paintbrushes?

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

That's me, in the center of the bunch, with the pink reins in my hands, drivin' that four-in-hand of johnnies.

From Roast Beef, Medium by Ferber, Edna

There was a deuce of a shindy when three fat johnnies tried to pull me out of my compartment.

From A Son of the Immortals by Christy, Howard Chandler

Those painting and writing johnnies were a rum lot.

From The Tree of Heaven by Sinclair, May

Just the kind of thing that happens with these mysterious johnnies.

From The Town Traveller by Gissing, George