Boone
[bu:n]
Definition
(noun.) an American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820).
Editor: Nicolas--From WordNet
Examples
- Suppose that this man Boone had thrust Neville St. Clair through the window, there is no human eye which could have seen the deed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Boone, as I have told you, was arrested and taken to the station, but it could not be shown that there had ever before been anything against him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I called about that beggarman, Boone--the one who was charged with being concerned in the disappearance of Mr. Neville St. Clair, of Lee. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- If the police are to hush this thing up, there must be no more of Hugh Boone. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- His name is Hugh Boone, and his hideous face is one which is familiar to every man who goes much to the City. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The same sturdy pioneer stock that gave America Daniel Boone and Lincoln, Robert Fulton and Andrew Jackson, produced the inventor of the reaper. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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