Johnny-come-lately

A newcomer or late arrival to a group or activity. The rest of the staff wasn't too fond of Greg, a Johnny-come-lately who received praise from the manager after just one week on the job. Hurry up, Johnny-come-lately, we've already started today's drills!

Johnny-come-lately

A newcomer, as in She may be a Johnny-come-lately on the board, but she's doing a fine job with publicity. [1830s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Danni	DAN-ee	English
Hugh	HYOO	English
Dragutin	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Takuya	tah-koo-yah	Japanese
Gwendolyn	GWEN-də-lin (English)	Welsh, English
LÓEgaire	-	Irish Mythology, Ancient Irish