who-hit-John
English
Noun
who-hit-John (uncountable)
- (US, slang) Hard liquor; whiskey.
- 1993, Jim Miller, Border Marshal, p. 16:
- The bottle of Who-Hit-John was only a quarter full now and he was giving serious thought to taking another swallow of the stuff, as harsh as it might be on a man's system.
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 441:
- Our leader, Colonel Sibley, found the march considerable boring, and a few weeks into it, he retired to the bed of his wagon, accompanied by two prostitutes and a barrel of who-hit-John.
- 1993, Jim Miller, Border Marshal, p. 16:
Related terms
- who shot John