Lincoln
['liŋkən]
Definition
(noun.) long-wooled mutton sheep originally from Lincolnshire.
(noun.) capital of the state of Nebraska; located in southeastern Nebraska; site of the University of Nebraska.
(noun.) 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865).
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Examples
- The next morning after the capture of Petersburg, I telegraphed Mr. Lincoln asking him to ride out there and see me, while I would await his arrival. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Michaelmas term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincoln's Inn Hall. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When they present themselves in Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mr. Tulkinghorn is engaged and not to be seen. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A great crowd assembles in Lincoln's Inn Fields on the day of the funeral. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was Lincoln Steffens, I believe, who first perceived that fact. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Right here I might relate an anecdote of Mr. Lincoln. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Into such a setting Cyrus Hall McCormick was born in 1809, the same year that saw the birth of Lincoln. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- When we see a book called the Life of Lincoln we do not expect to find within its covers a treatise on physiology. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I had never met Mr. Lincoln, but his support was constant. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The crow flies straight across Chancery Lane and Lincoln's Inn Garden into Lincoln's Inn Fields. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I accordingly did so, and we chatted all the rest of the way to Lincoln's Inn. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Lincoln Steffens calls these people our damned rascals. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In Lincoln's Inn Old Square,' replied Perker. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She lived at the top of the house, in a pretty large room, from which she had a glimpse of Lincoln's Inn Hall. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This reflection does not, however, abate in the slightest our sense of bereavement in the untimely loss of so good and great a man as Abraham Lincoln. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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