Johnson hole

English Alternative forms en Jack Johnson hole Etymology Named, for its size, after Jack Johnson (1878-1946), the world heavyweight boxing champion until 1915. Noun en military slang now _ historical A large shell crater during the First World War. 1937, David Jones (artist-poet) David Jones, In Parenthesis, Part 3: And to his immediate front, below the shelving ramp, a circular calm water graced the deep of a Johnson hole en 2005 Gordon Williams British Theatre in the Great War 196 A running joke is the supposed general who has fallen into a Johnson hole, and Bert's anxiety about whether he should ‘let him drift or fish 'im out’. en eponyms