the hustlers sat on the steps and called to their johns as they passed by

  • 1John —    1. a lavatory    The cousin John people said they had to visit as they absented themselves from company:     Running back and forth, practically living in the John. (Theroux, 1975)    (I once worked for a manufacturer of casements in Cardiff… …

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