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| Un·cle Sam [ ùngk'l sám ] |
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1. personification of United States: a personification of the government of the United States, shown as a tall thin white man with a white beard, wearing red and white striped trousers, a blue tailcoat, and a stovepipe hat with a band of stars
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2. United States: the United States or the American people
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| [19th century. Invented < U.S., abbreviation of United States] |
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