onion Johnny

noun

A Breton farmer and agricultural labourer on a bicycle who sells distinctive pink onions door to door in Great Britain.

Meanings

nounonion Johnny (plural onion Johnnies)

plural onion Johnnies

  1. historicalA Breton farmer and agricultural labourer on a bicycle who sells distinctive pink onions door to door in Great Britain.
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onion Johnny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onion%20Johnny

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Chicago

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