What is a pawnbroker. [Slang] Thackeray. 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 called?

uncle — A pawnbroker. [Slang] Thackeray. 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. (Webster's 1913.)