Duncan
['dʌŋkən]
Definition
(noun.) United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927).
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Examples
- He flourished back and got his cup and set it down triumphantly, and said: Just try that mixture once, Captain Duncan. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Naturally, Mr. Hall’s first thought on his return to Chicago was to induce Mr. Duncan to build a larger model, capable of greater speed and greater output. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then I asked him who Mr. Duncan Ross was. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- So Mr. Duncan designed and built what is now known as the first chain addressograph. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- With the coming of the metal card index addressograph and the modern graphotype for making the metal address plates, the addressing machine business was revolutionized, as Mr. Duncan put it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- After considerable thought, Mr. Duncan hit upon the plan of embossing, typewriter style, characters upon a metal plate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mr. Duncan invented and built his first addressing machine in 1892. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Duncan was manager of a little flour and grist mill in Iowa. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was Captain Duncan, chief of the expedition. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But Mr. Duncan soon realized that the idea of gluing the type permanently to a wooden drum was unpractical. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Captain Duncan made a good speech; he made the only good speech of the evening. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And Mr. Duncan, taking the card index idea as a basis, designed what he called the Model A or Rubber Card Index Addressograph. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- By degrees Mr. Duncan Ross took to coming in only once of a morning, and then, after a time, he did not come in at all. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Apply in person on Monday, at eleven o'clock, to Duncan Ross, at the offices of the League, 7 Pope's Court, Fleet Street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And that is about the condition in which my brother Duncan and my friend Clarke were at the end of this examination. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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