John-bartlett
John, 1820–1905, U.S. publisher: compiled Familiar Quotations.
John Russell, 1805–86, U.S. editor and bibliographer of early Americana.
Josiah, 1729–95, U.S. physician and statesman.
Paul Wayland, 1865–1925, U.S. sculptor.
Robert Abram, 1875–1946, U.S. arctic explorer, born in Newfoundland.
Vernon, 1894–1983, English writer.
a town in SW Tennessee.
a town in NE Illinois.
a male given name, form of Bartholomew.
Historical Examples
Comfort Found in Good Old Books George Hamlin Fitch
King’s Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 E. Keble Chatterton
King’s Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 E. Keble Chatterton
Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Various
noun
the Williams pear, used esp in the US and generally of tinned pears
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a roving machine used in the final stages of converting spun cotton fiber into yarn.
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the European arum, Arum maculatum.