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PRONUNCIATION OF ONION JOHNNY

onion johnny  [ˈʌnjən ˈdʒɒnɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ONION JOHNNY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Onion johnny 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 ONION JOHNNY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of onion johnny in the English dictionary

The definition of onion johnny in the dictionary is a Breton farmer that sells onions door-to-door in the United Kingdom.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ONION JOHNNY


bonny
ˈbɒnɪ
chiffony
ˈʃɪfɒnɪ
cockernony
ˈkɒkəˌnɒnɪ
connie
ˈkɒnɪ
dodecaphony
ˌdəʊdɛkəˈfɒnɪ
donny
ˈdɒnɪ
gironny
dʒaɪˈrɒnɪ
gyronny
dʒaɪˈrɒnɪ
inconie
ɪnˈkɒnɪ
johnny
ˈdʒɒnɪ
mony
ˈmɒnɪ
nonny
ˈnɒnɪ
ronnie
ˈrɒnɪ
somoni
ˈsɒmɒnɪ
Suwannee
sʊˈwɒnɪ
Swanee
ˈswɒnɪ
swannie
ˈswɒnɪ
swanny
ˈswɒnɪ
Tshwane
ˈtʃwɒnɪ
yonnie
ˈjɒnɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ONION JOHNNY

ongaonga
ongoing
ongoingness
ongoings
onie
onion
onion dome
onion fly
onion gravy
onion ring
onion soup
onion weed
onion-shaped
Onions
onionskin
oniony
oniscoid
Onitsha
onium compound
onium salt

WORDS THAT END LIKE ONION JOHNNY

a pretty penny
benny
bunny
cranny
danny
fanny
funny
ginny
granny
jenny
Kenny
nanny
penny
skinny
sonny
spend a penny
sunny
tranny
tyranny
uncanny

Synonyms and antonyms of onion johnny in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «onion johnny» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ONION JOHNNY

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Translator English - Chinese

洋葱约翰尼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

johnny cebolla
570 millions of speakers

English

onion johnny
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्याज जॉनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البصل جوني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лук Джонни
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cebola johnny
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেঁয়াজ জুনি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

oignon johnny
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bawang merah johnny
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zwiebel johnny
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タマネギのジョニー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

양파 조니
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bawang bombay johnny
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hành tây johnny
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெங்காயம் ஜான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कांदा जॉनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Soğan johnny
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cipolla johnny
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cebula johnny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

цибуля Джонні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ceapa johnny
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κρεμμύδι johnny
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ui Johnny
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lök johnny
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

løk johnny
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of onion johnny

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ONION JOHNNY»

The term «onion johnny» is barely ever used and occupies the 206.416 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONION JOHNNY»

Discover the use of onion johnny in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to onion johnny and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Onions: Onion, Shallot, Allium Tricoccum, Scallion, Welsh ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, Books LLC, 2010
2
Articles on Onions, Including: Shallot, Onion, Scallion, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
3
Greenwich Village Vignettes
The vocal group waslaboring under difficult working conditionsat ThePurple Onion. Johnny was facing his own set of problems. He had recently been married and moved to a house in Staten Island.His first child, a son,John Eugene, was born.
Alfred Canecchia, 2008
4
Forsaken
The locals knew him as Onion Johnny, an itinerant onion seller who strolled the countryside with his bicycle heavily laden with tresses of onions. Throughout the length of Britain you could hear onion sellers call, "Des onions doux. Des onions  ...
Jacqueline Wales, 2005
5
Onion: Onion, Allium, Bulb, Tuber, Vegetable, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Onion is a term used for many plants in the genus Allium.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
6
The Simple Life?: A Candid Account of Rosie Drum's Life from ...
... would invite us into the lorry to select the goods he had for sale. He had a nice line in whistling through his teeth I remember—the smells in the van were most appealing. These were also the days of the Onion Johnny going round the UK ...
Rosie Drum, 2011
7
They Eat Horses, Don't They?: The Truth About the French
TheFrench fortheirpart are entirely nonplussed bytheforeign stereotype of the Onion Johnny. Given that the original Johnnieswere nationalistic Bretons whoconsidered the Frenchan alien race, thisis hardly surprising.Itis as though the national ...
Piu Marie Eatwell, 2013
8
Road to Rouen
But more importantly, and something I could never have guessed then was the effect her sister having a baby had on Dinah. Our latest attraction visit is the Onion Johnny museum in Roscoff. 'Weeeell, I now know quite a lot about onions,' says ...
Ben Hatch, 2013
9
History of the British Isles: East India Company, Yeoman, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, LLC Books, 2010
10
Onion John
The story of a friendship between a 12-year-old boy and an immigrant handyman, almost wrecked by the good intentions of the townspeople.
Joseph Krumgold, 1984

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ONION JOHNNY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term onion johnny is used in the context of the following news items.
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These Guys Are Bringing Back the Onion-Selling French Stereotype
An Onion Johnny is a simple person with simple pleasures. He or she loves fish that you can cook with onion, enjoys a tasty and warm onion ... «Munchies_ Food by VICE, May 15»
2
Cycling 770 miles non-stop on a 100-year-old bike with onions
... not only completed it six times but done it on a 100-year-old bike dressed as a traditional Breton onion seller - known as an Onion Johnny. «BBC News, Dec 13»
3
Window to the Past: Onion Johnny
JINGS! He may have been known as Onion Johnny, but this chap from the inter war period in Busby could well have been known as Weeping ... «Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra, Dec 13»
4
Know your onions on a Breton escape
We have stumbled upon the Maison des Johnnies et de l'Oignon de Roscoff or the Onion Johnny museum and the contents of this amazing ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 13»
5
Roscoff, France: the perfect break
Roscoff was the home port of the Onion Johnny Photo: PHOTOLIBRARY.COM. Roscoff, France: the perfect break. Image 1 of 4. Roscoff from ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 11»

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