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John Q. Public

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[John Q. Public] {n.}

A name used informally for the average citizen.

* /It is John Q. Public's duty to vote at each election./

Compare: JOE DOAKES.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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