Who-hit-john

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Hard liquor; whiskey. US, slang, uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

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