JOHNNY-COME-LATELY


Meaning of JOHNNY-COME-LATELY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈjä-nē-(ˌ)kəm-ˈlāt-lē ]

noun

( plural Johnny-come-latelies or Johnnies-come-lately )

Date: 1839

1. : a late or recent arrival : newcomer

2. : upstart

established families tend to hold themselves above the Johnny-come-latelies — William Zeckendorf †1976

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.