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Meaning of Johnson hole | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A large shell crater during the First World War.

historical, slang

Examples

“And to his immediate front, below the shelving ramp, a circular calm water graced the deep of a Johnson hole […]”

“A running joke is the supposed general who has fallen into a Johnson hole, and Bert's anxiety about whether he should ‘let him drift or fish 'im out’.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Johnson Lane Johnson neuroectodermal syndrome Johnson noise Johnson polyhedron Johnson solid Johnson-McMillin syndrome