uncle sam

These user-created lists contain the word ‘uncle sam’.

• 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...

• Mythic America

  I'm using "myth" NOT in the sense of "fiction" but of larger-than-life. This is not a list of important people or events in American history, or it would be much longer. It's a list of people, even...

  george washington, lewis and clark, sacagawea, sacajawea, molly pitcher, bunker hill, gunfighter, outlaw, citizen soldier, valley forge, melting pot, betsy ross and 107 more...

• Rose varieties

  Rosarians have names for thousands of varieties of roses.

  holy toledo, gourmet popcorn, apple jack, barbara bush, burning desire, hot tamale, tradescant, sweet surrender, sweet chariot, pinocchio, oyster pearl, olympiad and 309 more...

• South Yorkshire medical terminology

  For definitions see the source document.
  
  "All the words and phrases included in this guide are those that have been used by patients during consultations and have been included to assi...

  winkle, wind pipe, willy, widgy, well, it's a nogg..., wee-wee, water, uncle sam, tuppence, tummy ache, trotters, tootsies and 123 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...