John Thomas

English

Etymology

• 17th century. From the forenames John and Thomas.
• (penis): Compare dick, peter, willy and johnson.

Pronunciation

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Noun

John Thomas (plural John Thomases)

1. (slang, Cockney) The penis.
   • 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 14, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Florence, Italy: […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html)‎^[1], Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 November 2020:

     'John Thomas! John Thomas!' and she quickly kissed the soft penis, that was beginning to stir again.

2. (slang, archaic) A flunkey; a male servant.
   • 1869, The Home Monthly, page 383:

     We are disposed to think servants an ill-used class. Not only the parlor, not only querulous masters and mistresses, but the press, is against them, and finds its account in ringing the changes on flunkeys, menials, servant-girls, and John Thomases, confident in a sure topic, and safe from reprisal.

Synonyms

• (penis): See also Thesaurus:penis

References

• (flunkey): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary