The Collaborative International Dictionary
Uncle \Un"cle\, n. [OE. uncle, OF. oncle, uncle, F. oncle, fr. L. avunculus a maternal uncle, dim. of avus a grandfather; akin to Lith. avynas uncle, Goth. aw? grandmother, Icel.
The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship.
A pawnbroker. [Slang]
--Thackeray.-
An eldery man; -- used chiefly as a kindly or familiar appellation, esp. (Southern U. S.) for a worthy old negro; as, ``Uncle Remus.'' [Colloq.]
Plain old uncle as he [Socrates] was, with his great ears, -- an immense talker.
--Emerson.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.
Usage examples of "my uncle".
I had heard the stories of how it had slithered forward and crushed my uncle's partner.
He told me this tale in response to me telling him the one my Uncle John told to me, about the man who wasn't really a man at all.
All kender love travel, and my Uncle Trapspringer was no exception.
There was no cruelty in my uncle -- at least not then, not until he lost his job.
So I cabled to my uncle telling him that I had dropped into a good business wheeze in the city and wanted to chuck the ranch idea.
I've no ken how you seduced my uncle into marrying you, but 'tis obvious his health is now in a serious state .
Graice is saying excitedly, leaning against him, My uncle, he's a photographer, he has drawers of things like that, things he collects.
After what seemed an eternity my uncle showed up, picked up a big rock, and threw it hard, hitting the ram square between the eyes.
I told my uncle that I would go to America and carry out this scheme.
I'm pretty sure there's nothing of that kind in that nice old family desk which once belonged to my Uncle William.
Within a year of that saddest period of my life, my uncle, the late Earl of Duffield, lost his only son, and I became his heir.
The following year my uncle died, I inherited the title and property, and then my son Oswald was born, and I became a widower.
Thats all there was to it, I think, also recalling the sling my uncle made when I was a kid.
I have been invited to go and live with my uncle in New York and have decided to accept.