John Bull
noun
England; the English people.
John Bullish
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a word derived from
John Bull.
Example Sentences
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John Bullish characterization: Commander of the British Empire Charles Aubrey Smith, as an ancient fire-eater whose hobby is re-enacting his version of the battle of Balaclava with fruit and cutlery at the dinner table.
From Time Magazine Archive
Critic Arnold had many a platform from which to praise past excellence and take potshots at John Bullish complacency.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had aged, of course, but Winston Churchill seemed hardly a shade less pink-cheeked, rocklike and John Bullish than when he spoke before the House and Senate during World War II.
From Time Magazine Archive
"For the first time," says Paul Rogers, who plays Bottom in a blustering, John Bullish vein, "a Shakespearean movie has been made that doesn't sacrifice the poet."
From Time Magazine Archive
In his first chapter he describes the qualities of Englishmen with a zest and gusto that drew the comment from Carlyle that "this seems to me exaggerated: what we call John Bullish."
From The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) by James Anthony Froude
