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John Orderly

John Orderly is the alternative form of John Audley.

Meaning of John Audley

Proper noun

John Audley

  1. (slang) A fictitious person mentioned (e.g. "is John Audley there?") as a signal to shorten the performance of a show, to make room for a fresh audience.

Questions about John Orderly

What is John Orderly the alternative form of?
John Orderly is the alternative form of John Audley.

Words near John Orderly in the dictionary

  1. John Mastodon
  2. John McClane
  3. John o' Groat's
  4. John o' Groats
  5. John O'Gaunt
  6. John Orderly
  7. John Q. Law
  8. John Q. Laws
  9. John Q. Public
  10. John Radcliffe
  11. John Roscoe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: John Orderly (page history and authors); John Audley (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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