To save this word, you’ll need to log in. Excuse me, I have to go to the john. Not a single john john adams academy lincoln named in the conspiracy, despite there likely being hundreds. Anita Chabriacolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct.

Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 20 Dec. Outdoorsmen who might be tempted to scoff at portable commodes have clearly never tried to dig a latrine in ground that’s rock-solid frozen, or been stuck in an ice-fishing shack over a long weekend, with the nearest port-a-john nowhere in sight. 3077, the man responsible for john’s beard and hair his entire life! Trolling motors have come a long way since the days of that old tiller-drive unit hanging off the transom of Grandpa’s leaky john boat. The Editors, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. To the right stood a porta-john, attendant to a nearby construction site: Kim’s neighbor was erecting a barn that Bev suspected would actually serve as a stealth rental cottage.

Robert Lennon, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. Before you make morning coffee, take a shower or flush the john or run the washing machine to bring cold, pure water into your plumbing, says Judy Davids, community engagement specialist in Royal Oak. Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. That slow circumnavigation past highway and ditch, the mountain of gravel and the porta-john. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word ‘john. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors.