John (or Joan) Thomson’s Man, subs. phr. (Old Scot’s).—An uxorious, or
faithful, husband.
d. 1513. Dunbar, ‘To the King’, in Poems (S.T.S. Edinburgh, 1884–5,
ii. 318–19.) God gif ye war John Thomsouns man.
John Trot, subs. (common).—A clown: also John Cream.
d. 1774. Goldsmith, Poems. John Trot was desired by two witty pens
To tell them the reason why asses had ears.
Join, verb. (colloquial).—To marry. To join giblets (venery) = to
copulate.
1892. Tit Bits, 17 Sept. 419, 1. We’ve come to be jined.
Joint, subs. (American).—1. An opium den; a gambling saloon; a low
class drinking house of any kind.