| 单词 | honest john |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHonest John Honest John n. (a) colloquial (also with lower-case initial in the first element) a truthful, trustworthy, or sincere man; (b) a type of surface-to-surface ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear warhead (now historical). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] > sincere person Honest John1855 straight goods1892 pure1924 straight arrow1969 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > [noun] > person or thing > person truelOE true mana1225 trusty1570 warrant1832 sea-green incorruptible1837 Honest John1855 Boy Scout1918 straight arrow1969 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > guided or ballistic missile > [noun] > types of loon1947 seeker1949 Honest John1952 Nike1952 heat-seeker1956 anti-ballistic missile1957 Polaris1957 Pershing1958 SAM1958 cruise missile1959 sea-cat1959 minuteman1961 ABM1963 lance1964 Exocet1970 trident1972 MX missile1973 stinger1975 cruise1976 tomahawk1976 silo buster1977 Euromissile1979 Brilliant Pebbles1988 1855 Henry's Birthday 99 ‘An honest John!’ said they. ‘Give us more. They are so good we want two a-piece.’ 1902 E. R. Eastman Poems i. ix. 19 His cook, an honest John of Schwabian type, Refused to sell stale bread and stringy meat. 1952 Corpus Christi (Texas) Times 4 Jan. 4/3 Some day the missile men..may send..an ‘Honest John’ or one of the other missiles being developed,..with a loaded warhead directed at enemy bombers. 1994 P. Sleem Second Time Around xx. 290 Galleria didn't think you'd take the money. He thought you were too much of an Honest John. 2010 T. G. Wicks Huntsville Air & Space 9 Earlier in the year [sc. 1960], a Hawk missile had shot down an Honest John. < as lemmas |
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