Patrick
['pætrɪk]
Definition
(noun.) Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century.
Editor: Orville--From WordNet
Examples
- Symington’s boat of 1788 (Patrick Miller’s pleasure boat) had side paddle wheels. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There was an American young lady there--Patrick was the name--Elsie Patrick. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The next, and last, reaper of this period was invented by Patrick Bell of Carmyllie, Scotland, in 1826. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Patrick Cairns. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Symington’s next boat, built in 1789, and also owned by Patrick Miller, was of the catamaran type, _i. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- You were so absorbed in young Neligan that you could not spare a thought to Patrick Cairns, the true murderer of Peter Carey. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was a clever man, was old Patrick. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- When I found Patrick Cairns among the harpooners, my research was nearing its end. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Patrick Bell, 1823, Cuts an Acre of Grain in an Hour. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Patrick Bell, of Scotland, devised a reaper that had a movable vibrating cutter working like a series of shears, a reel, and a traveling apron, which carried off the grain to one side. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This room is not well adapted for a cell, and Mr. Patrick Cairns occupies too large a proportion of our carpet. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She was described as Cecilia Jane Elster, of Park-View Cottages, Knowlesbury, only daughter of the late Patrick Elster, Esq. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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