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square johns

square johns is the plural of square john.

Meaning of square john

Noun

square john (plural square johns)

  1. (slang) A prisoner who generally obeys the rules and avoids trouble.
    • Occasionally reputable persons, or "square johns," commit a felony of the type that leads to arrest […]1987, John Irwin, The Jail: Managing the Underclass in American Society, page 38

Questions about square johns

What is square johns the plural of?
Square johns is the plural of square john.

Words near square johns in the dictionary

  1. square grouper
  2. square groupers
  3. square inch
  4. square inches
  5. square john
  6. square johns
  7. square kilometer
  8. square kilometers
  9. square kilometre
  10. square kilometres
  11. square knot

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