Johnny Foreigner

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(UK, informal, derogatory) Foreigners collectively; people who are not British.

No wonder Johnny Foreigner lays in supplies of the stale bread rolls whenever he appears over the horizon.

Origin: UK late-20th century. The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang says "first recorded in 1990 but in use earlier". From John or Johnny as a personified idea. Compare Canadian, Frenchman, Confederate American. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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