Hawkins
['hɔ:kinz]
Definition
(noun.) United States jazz saxophonist (1904-1969).
(noun.) English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595).
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Examples
- The information was, as you state, that he was going to be married to a Miss Hawkins. Jane Austen. Emma.
- A Miss Hawkins I was with Mr. Cole on business an hour and a half ago. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Also subsequently, John Hawkins of the same city, and a Mr. Cheverton, invented machines for the same purpose. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Mr. Elton, and Miss Hawkins! Jane Austen. Emma.
- In the sudden start we made, Major Hawkins lost his hat. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Among other celebrated inventors of printing presses in the United States were Isaac Adams, Taylor, Gordon, Potter, Hawkins, Bullock, Cottrell, Campbell, Babcock, and Firm. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A Miss Hawkins of Bath. Jane Austen. Emma.
- That was the wind-up of the history; that was the glory of Miss Hawkins. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Miss Hawkins,I dare say, an excellent young woman. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Hawkins of New Jersey, May 17, 1803. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Miss Hawkins perhaps wanted a home, and thought this the best offer she was likely to have. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The first of them, however, so far as I know, has never been directly repealed, and serjeant Hawkins seems to consider it as still in force. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Do you remember Hawkins Browne's 'Address to Tobacco,' in imitation of Pope? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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