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Johnny Crapaud

Johnny Crapaud noun: a Frenchman.

Noun

Johnny Crapaud (plural Johnny Crapauds)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur) A Frenchman.
    • "I say, you fellows, Johnny Crapaud says he can play cricket!” exclaimed Crow one morning. “What fun!”1887 July, Henry Frith, “Our Cricket-Match at Sandilands”, in The Boy's Own Paper, number 101, Canadian reprint of volume 9, number 438 (June 4, 1887), Toronto: Warwick & Sons, page 579
    • The French were very sore about the unceremonious manner in which the Dual Control was dispensed with. Their simple statesmen seemed to think that we, who had complacently picked the chestnuts out of the fire, were going to share them. Earl Granville, in kindness of heart, offered Johnny Crapaud a...1901, Edward Vizetelly, “Cairo After the Occupation”, in From Cyprus to Zanzibar, by the Egyptian Delta, page 231

Forms of Johnny Crapaud

pluralJohnny Crapauds

Questions about Johnny Crapaud

What does Johnny Crapaud mean?
Johnny Crapaud means a Frenchman.
What part of speech is Johnny Crapaud?
Johnny Crapaud is a noun.
What is the plural of Johnny Crapaud?
The plural of Johnny Crapaud is Johnny Crapauds.

Words near Johnny Crapaud in the dictionary

  1. johnny cake
  2. johnny cakes
  3. Johnny Canuck
  4. Johnny Canucks
  5. Johnny Citizen
  6. Johnny Crapaud
  7. Johnny Crapauds
  8. Johnny Foreigner
  9. Johnny Grindle
  10. Johnny Grindles
  11. Johnny Hop

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