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Johnson holes

Johnson holes is the plural of Johnson hole.

Meaning of Johnson hole

Noun

Johnson hole (plural Johnson holes)

  1. (historical, slang) A large shell crater during the First World War.
    • And to his immediate front, below the shelving ramp, a circular calm water graced the deep of a Johnson hole […]1937, David Jones, In Parenthesis, Part 3

Questions about Johnson holes

What is Johnson holes the plural of?
Johnson holes is the plural of Johnson hole.

Words near Johnson holes in the dictionary

  1. Johnson City
  2. Johnson County
  3. Johnson grass
  4. Johnson grasses
  5. Johnson hole
  6. Johnson holes
  7. Johnson Lane
  8. Johnson neuroectodermal syndrome
  9. Johnson noise
  10. Johnson polyhedra
  11. Johnson polyhedron

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