sam : Idioms & Phrases


sam adams

  • noun American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803)
    Samuel Adams; Adams.
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sam browne belt

  • noun leather belt supported by a strap over the right shoulder
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sam goldwyn

  • noun United States film maker (born in Poland) who founded his own film company and later merged with Louis B. Mayer (1882-1974)
    Samuel Goldwyn; Goldwyn.
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sam houston

  • noun United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863)
    Samuel Houston; Houston.
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sam shepard

  • noun United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)
    Shepard.
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sam snead

  • noun United States golfer known for the graceful arc of his swing (1912-2002)
    Snead; Samuel Jackson Snead.
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uncle sam

  • noun a personification of the United States government
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