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John Bull

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John Bull: see Arbuthnot, John Arbuthnot, John (ärbŭth`nət, är`bəthnŏt)
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John Bull
any Englishman, or Englishmen collectively. [Br. Lit.: History of John Bull, Brewer Dictionary, 591]
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"You have only to try, son of John Bull," replied the colonel.
You, who speak English like John Bull himself, are Master Tom Lowe, we, your three companions.
They made him out to be the Royal arms, the Union-Jack, Magna Charta, John Bull, Habeas Corpus, the Bill of Rights, An Englishman's house is his castle, Church and State, and God save the Queen, all put together.
 
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