Lawson
Robert, 1892–1957, U.S. illustrator and author, especially of children’s books.
of or relating to a style of overstuffed sofa or chair that is boxy in shape, with square back and seat cushions and broad, square or rounded arms that are lower in height than the back:
a Lawson sofa.
Contemporary Examples
Nigella Lawson Tells Court She Used Cocaine, Marijuana Nico Hines December 3, 2013
‘Octopus’ Review: Sam Israel, the Ponzi Schemer Who Got Duped Michael Maiello June 29, 2012
The Drink Hemingway Made Famous Katie Workman June 23, 2009
What to Eat: Tapas Cookstr.com February 22, 2010
Nigella Lawson Tells Court She Used Cocaine, Marijuana Nico Hines December 3, 2013
Historical Examples
The Man Thou Gavest Harriet T. Comstock
Life in London Edwin Hodder
The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop Hamlin Garland
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Various
Stanley in Africa James P. Boyd
noun
Henry Archibald. 1867–1922, Australian poet and short-story writer, whose work is taken as being most representative of the Australian outback, esp in While the Billy Boils (1896) and Joe Wilson and his Mates (1901)
Nigel, Baron. born 1932, British Conservative politician; Chancellor of the Exchquer (1983–89).
his daughter, Nigella (naɪˈdʒɛlə). born 1960, British journalist, broadcaster, and cookery writer
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