John Thomas

plural John Thomases

1. CockneyslangThe penis.

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

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

2. archaicslangA flunkey; a male servant.

   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.

   1869, The Home Monthly, page 383