johnny
Speech parts
1. johnny - Noun
2. Johnny - Proper noun
Meaning
A familiar diminutive of John.
A sculpin.
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Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight.
Suicide was against the law. Johnny had wondered why. It meant that if you missed, or the gas ran out, or the rope broke, you could get locked up in prison to show you that life was really very jolly and thoroughly worth living.
There was nobody at the time who was playing slide guitar like Johnny, and nobody, or no white guys at least, that was playing country blues like that on the acoustic guitar. And it was at that point that I realized what Johnny had to offer.
What johnny will not teach himself, johnny will never know.
He is of the race of Johnny Van Cleeve; who would always much rather have than give.
What little Johnny has not learned, big John will not know.