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John in the Wad

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A Will--Wisp. A wad is a wisp, and John or Jack is a name for any inferior person unknown. (See Jack.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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John Chinaman
John Company
John Doe
John Dory
John Dory
John Long
John Roberts (A)
John Thomas
John Drum’s Entertainment
John in the Wad
John of Bruges
John oGroat
John of Hexham
John of Leyden (the prophet)
John the Almoner
John the Baptist
John Tamson’s Man
John with the Leaden Sword
Johnnies
Johnny Crapaud