Common Name Phrases
 any common names have become
rooted in the clichès of our language, even if they never get used to label anybody ever
again. A short list of such names is given in the table. Jack does not
appear here because this name hits the jackpot with over 80 related terms, everything
from jack-in-the-box to jack-in-the-pulpit, from Jack Frost to Union Jack, from blackjack
to yellow jack. (See Jack O’ Words.)
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| Adam’s apple | Jim Crow | Mickey Mouse
| | Handy Andy | Joe Blow | Screaming Mimi
| | Raggedy Ann | Cowboy Joe | Molly coddle
| | Big Ben | Cup of Joe | Nervous Nellie
| | Big Bertha | GI Joe | Peter's pence
| | Betty Boop | Sloppy Joe | (for) Pete's sake
| | Billy club | Joe Soap | Richard Roe
| | Billy goat | John Bull | Jolly Roger
| | Bobby pin | John Doe | Rob Roy
| | Bobby socks | John Henry | Sad Sadie
| | Good time Charlie | John Hancock | Uncle Sam
| | Charlie horse | John Q. Public | Simple Simon
| | Fancy Dan | Johnny cake | Lazy Susan
| | Dennis the menace | Johnny-come-lately | Suzie Q
| | Donald Duck | Johnny-on-the-spot | Teddy bear
| | Steady Eddy | Johnny Reb | Doubting Thomas
| | Fanny Adams | John Dory | Uncle Tom
| | Felix the cat | Long johns | Peeping Tom
| | Gorgeous George | Joshua tree | Tom Collins
| | Old Harry | Black Maria | Tom foolery
| | | | | Harvey Wallbanger | Bloody Mary | Tommy Atkins
| | Plain Jane | Mary Jane | Tommy gun
| | Jim Dandy | Mickey Finn | Willy nilly
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