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/ˈəŋkəl rˈiməs/ Listen

Uncle Remus

noun

The fictional storyteller of tales written in the Black Vernacular and set in the South; the tales were first collected and published in book form in 1880.

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... and delightful addition to those quaint and laughable tales which have made the author of 'Uncle Remus' loved and fancied wherever the English ...

— Finnish Legends for English Children • R. Eivind

... the pot-pie to-morrow with great gusto. By the way, I'll prop up one of these little fellows at the foot of Ned's crib, and in the morning he'll think that the original 'Br'er Rabbit' has hopped out of Uncle Remus's stories to make him ...

— Nature's Serial Story • E. P. Roe

... twice before in the park, and I had been amazed and amused at her critical commendation of the wonders that she saw. From that very resolute little mouth I received a lecture on American literature, the nature and inwardness of Washington society, the precise value of Cable's works as compared with Uncle Remus Harris, and a few other things that had nothing whatever to do with geysers, but ...

— American Notes • Rudyard Kipling

Words linked to "Uncle Remus" : fictional character, fictitious character, character