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noun

Uncle n.

The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship.

A pawnbroker. (Slang)

An eldery man; used chiefly as a kindly or familiar appellation, esp. (Southern U. S.) for a worthy old negro; as, "Uncle Remus." (Colloq.) "Plain old uncle as he (Socrates) was, with his great ears, an immense talker."

My uncle, a pawnbroker. (Slang)

Uncle Sam, a humorous appellation given to the United States Government. See Uncle Sam, in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

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... Bohemia, who likewise distinguished themselves, and friends, I assure you, that I was incapable of considering any question whatever, but the worth of each individual as a fighting man. If he was a good fighting man, then I saw that Uncle Sam got the benefit from it. ...

— The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt • Oliver Remey

... pathetic memorial of an exiled race and its vanished empire. From this region and from many another hill and valley the Indians were driven by their white conquerors, banished from one reservation to another, compelled to exchange a vast empire of the forest for the blanket and tin cup of Uncle Sam's patronage. ...

— The Story of Cooperstown • Ralph Birdsall

... can do," said John. "You know that big box of corn Uncle Sam sent us for popping? Well, we can pop it, and put it into paper bags, and Bernard can take it round to ...

— Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper and Other Stories • Anonymous

... Thereafter, a patriotic impulse suggested its removal to the parade ground of the United States Army post, and as Spanish residents looked upon it as a thornful reminder of lost power they felt no regret when Uncle Sam's boys transplanted it to new environments and made it ...

— The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate • Eliza Poor Donner Houghton

... that it had been recently added as a feature of the pilot-house. Big letters in red ink at the top counseled, "Safety First." Other big letters at the bottom warned, "Take No Chances." The center lettering advised shipmasters that in case of accident the guilty parties would feel all the weight of Uncle Sam's heavy palm; it was the latest output from the Department of Commerce and Labor, and bore the signature of the ...

— Blow The Man Down - A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 • Holman Day

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