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Thread #19411 Message #197526
Posted By: Bill in Alabama
19-Mar-00 - 12:51 AM
Thread Name: What is a 'Jimmy John'? (Gandydancer's Ball)
Subject: RE: What is a 'Jimmy John'?
It's a demijohn--the term is a well-intrenched southern dialectism. It appears also in the phrase *Hot corn, cold corn, bring along the jimmy john* in the song *Hot Corn*.