Baxter
['bækstə]
Definition
(n.) A baker; originally, a female baker.
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Definition
See Bake.
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Examples
- Edith Baxter was within thirty yards of the stables, when a man appeared out of the darkness and called to her to stop. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I never hear of such a case as this that I do not think of Baxter's words, and say, 'There, but for the grace of God, goes Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- As the door closed on her she said to herself softly, It's Baxter's doings and Baxter's dooty--that's what it is. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Baxter's the keeper, and when he finds strange dogs hunting about, he takes and shoots 'em. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Who is the brute you call Baxter? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Bayous Baxter and Macon are narrow and tortuous, and the banks are covered with dense forests overhanging the channel. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I was almost wicked enough to wish that Baxter had shot the housemaid instead of the dog. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Bayou Baxter, as it reaches lower land, begins to spread out and disappears entirely in a cypress swamp before it reaches the Macon. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- That's Baxter's doings, that is. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Baxter's doings, miss, and Baxter's dooty. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Captain Baxter made a memorandum of this order. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is six miles long and has its outlet through Bayou Baxter, Bayou Macon, and the Tensas, Washita and Red Rivers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At a few minutes after nine the maid, Edith Baxter, carried down to the stables his supper, which consisted of a dish of curried mutton. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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