Newfiejohn

[< Newfie, q.v. + St. John('s)]

Slang (esp. Navy)

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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St. John' s, Newfoundland.

Quotations

1945

There is something grimly exciting about St. John's, or "Newfiejohn," as the Navy calls it.

1945

Before long we were gliding through the familiar small cleft in the mountainous shore into Newfiejohn harbor.