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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English slang"
],
"glosses": [
"A jack (playing card)."
],
"links": [
[
"jack",
"jack"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) A jack (playing card)."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "Confederate soldier in the American Civil War",
"word": "Johnny Reb"
}
],
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English short forms"
],
"glosses": [
"Short for Johnny Reb (“Confederate soldier in the American Civil War”)."
],
"links": [
[
"Johnny Reb",
"Johnny Reb#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Short for Johnny Reb (“Confederate soldier in the American Civil War”)."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang"
],
"glosses": [
"An Englishman."
],
"links": [
[
"Englishman",
"Englishman"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) An Englishman."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɑni/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɒni/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-au-Johnny.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/En-au-Johnny.ogg/En-au-Johnny.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/En-au-Johnny.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒni"
}
],
"word": "Johnny"
}
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