John Bull, n.² — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

John Bull n.²

[rhy. sl.]

1. a pull, a tug.

1956

‘Charles Raven’ Und. Nights 37: He darted forward and gave the commissionaire’s sleeve a John Bull – i.e. pull – to distract him.

2. an arrest [= pull n. (3e)].

1992

3. a seduction, or the hope of it; thus go out on the John Bull, to go out looking for sex [= pull v. (2f)].

1992