john hancock

These user-created lists contain the word ‘john hancock’.

• End in -ock

  Inspired by fbharjo (see spitchcock).

  spitchcock, hillock, willock, peacock, pajock, penock, yapock, sycock, bittock, bawcock, burrock, cammock and 168 more...

• Distinguishing Marks

  assay-mark, stamp, seal, cedula, cartouse, cachet, brand, mark, hallmark, armorial device, coat of arms, emblem and 150 more...

• Penmanship

  Spencerian method, Palmer method, Platt R. Spencer, cursive, round hand, running hand, handwriting, stylus, pen, vellum, penmanship, script and 86 more...

• bywords

  The height of fame, or infamy, is when your name becomes a byword for something. I'm not 100 percent sure about the technical name for this trope, but it seems to be antonomasia. Suggestions are mo...

  einstein, romeo, casanova, lothario, sherlock holmes, shakespeare, tolstoy, rembrandt, leonardo, mozart, beethoven, howard hughes and 116 more...

• tom, dick and harry

  merry andrew, spotted dick, black jack, lazy susan, bloody mary, charley horse, doubting thomas, willy nilly, jolly roger, peg leg, catherine wheel, charlotte russe and 156 more...

• sionnach's Words

  contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...

• Name-Calling

  tag, sobriquet, nickname, appellation, designation, title, handle, moniker, alias, surname, cognomen, label and 22 more...

• Signers of the Declaration of Indepen...

  The document was adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776, but was not signed until August 2. Not all of the individuals whose signatures are affixed to the Declaration actually signed it on August 2; s...

  george read, thomas mckean, caesar rodney, george clymer, robert morris, benjamin rush, james smith, george taylor, benjamin franklin, john morton, george ross, james wilson and 44 more...

• For Pete's Sake

  Names that appear in common phrases/clichès. (Also see sionnach's list, tom, dick and harry.)

  adam's apple, jim crow, joe blow, bobby pin, nervous nellie, for pete's sake, jolly roger, john hancock, johnny-come-lately, suzie q, teddy bear, tommy gun and 81 more...

• Who are these people?

  Not quite fictional, but not quite real either - they exist in some kind of mythic dreamspace/otherworld of our shared imagination.

  jack frost, john bull, john barleycorn, tom o' bedlam, alderman lushington, uncle sam, davy jones, tom noddy, old nick, kathleen ni houlihan, (an) sean-bhean b..., germania and 63 more...