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Meaning of "Johnny-come-lately" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JOHNNY-COME-LATELY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JOHNNY-COME-LATELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Johnny-Come-Lately is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JOHNNY-COME-LATELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Johnny-come-lately in the English dictionary

The definition of Johnny-come-lately in the dictionary is a brash newcomer, novice, or recruit.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JOHNNY-COME-LATELY

John VI
John XXII
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johnboat
Johne´s disease
johnnies
Johnnies-come-lately
johnny
johnny cake
Johnny Canuck
Johnny Foreigner
Johnny raw
Johnny Reb
Johnny-come-latelies
Johnny-jump-up
johnnycake
Johns
Johnson
Johnson grass
Johnsonian

WORDS THAT END LIKE JOHNNY-COME-LATELY

absolutely
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deliberately
delicately
desperately
fortunately
immediately
intimately
lately
legitimately
moderately
passionately
privately
separately
stately
ultimately
unfortunately

Synonyms and antonyms of Johnny-come-lately in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Johnny-come-lately» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JOHNNY-COME-LATELY

Find out the translation of Johnny-come-lately to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Johnny-come-lately from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Johnny-come-lately» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

约翰尼先得,最近
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Johnny come- últimamente -
570 millions of speakers

English

Johnny-come-lately
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जॉनी आ हाल ही में
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

جوني الذي جاء متأخرا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Джонни поступления в последнее время
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Johnny vir- ultimamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জনি আসা ইদানীং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Johnny -come - récents
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Johnny-come-lately
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Johnny -come- in letzter Zeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ジョニーは、来て、最近
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자니 - 온 - 최근
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Johnny-teka-akhire
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Johnny - đi - thời gian gần đây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஜானி வந்தவர்களுக்கு-நெருக்கத்தில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जॉनी आओ-नुकताच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yeni gelen kimse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Johnny-come -lately
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Johnny - come- ostatnio
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Джонні надходження в останній час
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Johnny -veniți
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Τζόνι - come- τον τελευταίο καιρό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Johnny -come- lately
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Johnny - come- nyligen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Johnny -come -lately
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Johnny-come-lately

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JOHNNY-COME-LATELY»

The term «Johnny-come-lately» is regularly used and occupies the 89.791 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JOHNNY-COME-LATELY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Johnny-come-lately

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JOHNNY-COME-LATELY»

Discover the use of Johnny-come-lately in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Johnny-come-lately and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Studies in African Linguistic Typology
Finally, there is the notorious problem of “phrase words” (Bloomfield 1933) such as Johnny-come-lately in English, which constitute a single word (e.g. noun), but which have complex multi-word syntactic structure. As seen in (4): (4) “Phrase ...
Erhard Friedrich Karl Voeltz, 2005
2
The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945
The Kissing Bug, and Johnny Come Lately. By 1945, when Ellington was devoting more and more time to longer extended works, Strayhorn did most of the day-to-day arranging, as well as becoming increasingly involved as co-composer and ...
Gunther Schuller, 1991
3
Cagney
John McCabe's participation in the writing of James Cagney's autobiography, the many years of friendship that followed, and an intense period of interview and discussion in preparation for a musical comedy based on Cagney's life--a show ...
John McCabe, 2013
4
The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida: Religion Without ...
Moscou, 35/PTC, 206).14 Derrida then offers a delicious gloss — a careful reading of which I commend to the reader's spirit — on Fukuyama's The End of History and the Last Man.15 Fukuyama is a right-wing Johnny-come-lately (by about ...
John D. Caputo, 1997
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Meteor in the Madhouse
Soon, a call from his room would reach the bartender, and Mr. Johnny-Come- Lately-Come-Lately would let it be known, through a most vivid set of descriptions , the particular lady he wanted to share the performance with him for most ofthe rest ...
Leon Forrest, John G. Cawelti, Merle Drown, 2011
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The Max Brand Companion
Yet the actual, living Max Brand you never really saw. He was legend. I remember that now, very well: those years in New York, when I idolized his work. One of his Saturday Evening Post stories, "Johnny Come Lately," I read so many times I ...
Jon Tuska, Vicki Piekarski, Darrell C. Richardson, 1996
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Cheater's Guide to Speaking English Like a Native
Johnny-come-lately Someone who is late in maturing, in achieving success, or who suddenly becomes popular is often described as a Johnny-come- lately. a. That new actor is certainly a Johnny-come-lately. b. Why 144 It's on the tip of my ...
Boye Lafayette De Mente, 2007
8
Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America
195. 2. Pansot, Johnny Come Lately, p. 13. 3. Air-burst tests and ratings are discussed in "How Reliable Are Condoms?" Consumer Keports, May 1995. 4. This practice is described by Helena Wright in THe Sex Factor in Marriage (New York: ...
Andrea Tone, 2002
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Children of Ezekiel: Aliens, UFOs, the Crisis of Race, and ...
You are Johnny-come-lately- Jew, who just crawled out of the caves and hills of Europe. . . . You're not from the original people. You are a European strain of people who crawled around on your all fours in the caves and hills of Europe, eatin' ...
Michael Lieb, 1998
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Steve Earle: Fearless Heart, Outlaw Poet
It wasn't sufficient that you just hung around and waited for your bit; I think we learned "Johnny Come Lately" at the sound check the first day and Steve came on that night with us and did we performed it for the next two or three days.
David McGee, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JOHNNY-COME-LATELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Johnny-come-lately is used in the context of the following news items.
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Questions remain over suspensions of senior Eskom executives …
... with flimsy arrangement and appointing the chairperson Mr Tsotsi, who is not a Johnny-come-lately, who should be investigated if an inquiry ... «Moneyweb.co.za, Jul 15»
2
Elon Musk To Address 'Nerd Altruists' At Google HQ
"I really was thinking about this stuff in college," Musk is quoted saying in a recent biography. "I don't want to seem like a Johnny-come-lately or ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Is Donald the elitist faction's trump?
So, is Trump's Johnny-come-lately preoccupation with the illegal-immigrant invasion of America intended to work for or against the elitist ... «WND.com, Jul 15»
4
Measuring Disaster Resilience
... Economic Region (PNWER) (Which by the way was established in 2003--not a Johnny-Come-Lately) causes me to think about "So what? «Emergency Management, Jul 15»
5
Oscar Wilde Tours: A Window to LGBT History
The Stonewall Inn's opening in 1967 is thus something of a Johnny-come-lately. On the other hand, Christopher Street has a long history of ... «EDGE Boston, Jul 15»
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Three Johnny-Come-Lately Action Movie Stars
(L-R) Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Renner, and Jake Gyllenhaal. (Timothy Hiatt, Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images; Rebecca Cabage/AP Images) ... «The Epoch Times, Jul 15»
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Coffee choice says a lot about the drinker
... the flat white and the drip filter (the johnny-come-lately of the coffee world). The company confirmed that it had ceased to list the cappuccino ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
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2016 Porsche Boxster Spyder
In some ways, the Spyder feels like a Johnny-come-lately answer to Ferrari's 355, a contemporary of the original Boxster. It's a ripped, rip-roaring muscle ... «Car and Driver, Jul 15»
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Serena Williams vs Garbine Muguruza: 10 key stats ahead of the …
Wimbledon 2015 has reached its fag end and the finals are now upon us. The mighty Serena Williams and the 'johnny-come-lately' Garbine ... «Sportskeeda, Jul 15»
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Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers: Into the 'Wild'
This is one of the best organic bands to come along in a long while. A “real” band. By Johnny-Come-Lately - 07/08/15. post a new comment. «Relix, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Johnny-Come-Lately [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/johnny-come-lately>. May 2024 ».
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