Claire vs John - What's the difference?
claire | john |
borrowed from the French form of Clara or Clare. Popular in the UK in the 1970s and the 1980s.
* 1887 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch: Dead Man's Rock. BiblioBazaar,LLC,2007. ISBN 1434649393 page 198:
* 2006 Wendy Harmer: Farewell My Ovaries . Allen&Unwin 2006. ISBN 1741146658 page 93:
, a rare spelling variant Clare, derived from the surname.
* 1991 Amy Tan: The Kitchen God's Wife . Ivy Books 1991. ISBN 080410753X page 203:
(slang) A prostitute's client.
* 2004 , Dennis Cooper, The Sluts , page 233
* 2013 , McLachlin CJ, Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford (
(slang, US) A lavatory, toilet.
(slang) An outhouse privy. Also johnny house.
(slang) A name often used as a generic reference to a male of European, North-American, or Australian origin, while travelling in East Asia.
A male mule.
As a verb claire
is .As a proper noun john is
very popular since the middle ages.claire
English
Alternative forms
* Clare, ClairProper noun
(en proper noun)- "I told you I was called ,or that they called me Claire . Were you not surprised when you saw my name as Clarissa Lambert?"
- "Is that all?" I cried. "Why of course, I knew how common it is for actresses to take another name. I was even glad of it; for the name I know, your own name, is now a secret, and all the sweeter so. All the world admires Clarissa Lambert, but I alone love Claire' Luttrell, and know that ' Claire Luttrell loves me."
- A woman named Claire' should be able to describe the moon. Clair de Lune was of course one of ' Claire' s favourite pieces of piano music.
- When we arrived in Hangchow, all the pilots were honored at a big banquet given by that famous American general with a lady's name, Claire Chennault.
Anagrams
* ----john
English
Noun
(en noun)- In the first part of the video, Thad sucks the john's cock and takes a load in his mouth.
2013 SCC 72), para. 62
- In-calls, where the john comes to the prostitute’s residence, are prohibited.