Hayes
[heiz]
Definition
(noun.) 19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893).
(noun.) acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993).
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Examples
- How are you, Mr. Reuben Hayes? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Didn't Hayes give you the best out of our gardens? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- James came into contact with this fellow Hayes, because the man was a tenant of mine, and James acted as agent. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As to Hayes, I say nothing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Why, Mr. Reuben Hayes, said Holmes, coolly, one might think that you were afraid of our finding something out. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I am convinced, said I, that this Reuben Hayes knows all about it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- This fellow Hayes had shod his horses with shoes which counterfeited the tracks of cows. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Reuben Hayes was arrested at Chesterfield, on my information, at eleven o'clock last night. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- All right, Mr. Hayes, no harm meant, said Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- So Reuben Hayes is taken? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Burke, Thurtell, and Hayes, of Thavies Inn) and dared the Company to refuse the payment. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He came to the appointment, and found this fellow Hayes with a led pony. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was taken there, and found Mr. Hayes and several others waiting. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- About 11 o'clock at night word was received from President Hayes that he would be very much pleased if I would come up to the White House. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Reuben Hayes's manner was far from gracious, but Holmes took it with admirable good-humour. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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