See Also: Uncle Sam' s Hat(recipes)
uncle(dictionary)
Uncle Tom(dictionary)
Uncle Sam(dictionary)
Uncle Sam(encyclopedia)
uncle(2)(dictionary)
Uncle Tom(dictionary)
Uncle Remus(dictionary)
Uncle Abe's Deli(tourism)
UNCLE SAM Credit Union(finance)

fidibus (iou) and Uncle Tom (oh)


fidibus (iou)



fidibus noun. E19.
[German: ult. origin unkn.]
A paper spill for lighting a pipe etc.

Uncle Tom (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Uncle Tom black slave in the book Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe]
AmE a black person who is too respectful to white people - used to show disapproval