Nicholas
['nɪkələs]
Definition
(noun.) a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century).
Editor: William--From WordNet
Examples
- She might then possibly hear whether Nicholas had been able to make his application to Mr. Thornton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Think no more of it, Nicholas, I beg. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Nicholas was out; only Mary and one or two of the Boucher children at home. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I vow to Saint Nicholas of Limoges a candlestick of pure gold-- Spare thy vow, said the Templar, and mark me. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But Nicholas was neither an habitual drunkard nor a thorough infidel. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Yo' know it well, Nicholas, for a' yo're one on 'em. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Nicholas Douglass, however, invented a new system of dovetailing, and great improvements have been made in the system of illuminating. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Nicholas was very well she believed. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- You look very ill, Nicholas. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Nicholas Higgins had gone out in the morning, leaving Bessy as well as on the day before. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- At the time arranged the previous day, they set out on their walk to see Nicholas Higgins and his daughter. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Would I were out of the shade of these infernal bushes, that I might at least see any of St Nicholas's clerks before they spring on my shoulders. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In the name of Saint Nicholas, whom hast thou got here? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- An extreme example could be made of Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mrs. Bulstrode had then said for the first time, I think you are always a little hard towards my family, Nicholas. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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