Bartlett
['bɑrtlɪt]
Definition
(noun.) juicy yellow pear.
(noun.) United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905).
(noun.) United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946).
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Definition
(n.) A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchretien. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Typist: Ralph
Examples
- There are other species of geese, as I hear from Mr. Bartlett, in which the lamellae are less developed than in the common goose. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Bartlett, uses its bill like a duck by throwing the water out at the corners. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I presume Mrs. Bailey confided to my mother the fact that Bartlett had been dismissed, and that the doctor had forbidden his son's return home. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was as follows: Bartlett's Building, March. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- When Robert first sought her acquaintance, and privately visited her in Bartlett's Buildings, it was only with the view imputed to him by his brother. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Nothing new was heard by them, for a day or two afterwards, of affairs in Harley Street, or Bartlett's Buildings. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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