Born-on-the-fourth-of-july Definition
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(idiomatic, US) Demonstratively patriotic.
I was born on the Fourth of July / No one more loyal than I. — Tom Paxton's song about veteran Ron Kovic, Born on the Fourth of July.
He was never in the service, but he acts like he was born on the Fourth of July.
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Origin of Born-on-the-fourth-of-july
Refers to the Fourth of July, which is Independence Day in the United States. The specific phrase likely originates with the song "Yankee Doodle Dandy" which opens with "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy / A Yankee Doodle, do or die / A real live nephew of my uncle Sam's / Born on the Fourth of July".
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