John Bull

Speech parts

1. John Bull - Noun

2. John Bull - Proper noun

Meaning

a man of English descent

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Examples

The world is a bundle of hay, Mankind are the asses who pull Each tugs it a different way, And the greatest of all is John Bull. Lord Byron

John Bull was beat at Waterloo! They'll swear to that in France. Winthrop Mackworth Praed

The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule. Francis Parkman

Scholes quotes a keyboard piece by John Bull (1619) which has some similarities to the modern tune, depending on the placing of accidentals which at that time were unwritten in certain cases and left to the discretion of the player (see musica ficta ). Source: Internet

In this anti-annexation cartoon from 1869 by "Grinchuckle", Uncle Sam is given the boot by Young Canada as John Bull looks on approvingly. Source: Internet

We’ll start you off with a Casillero briar pipe, and we’ll include three pouches of tobacco — the mildly-sweet vanilla flavored C’est La Vie, the mellow Irish Whiskey infused Erin Go Bragh, and the richly smoky John Bull. Source: Internet

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