subs. phr. (old).—See quots.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. He is one of KING JOHN’S MEN, eight score to the hundred, a saying of a little undersized man.
1867. W. H. SMYTH, Sailor’s Word-Book, s.v. KING JOHN’S MEN, the Adullamites of the navy.
