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Blackmore

[ blak-mawr, -mohr ]

noun

  1. Richard Dodd·ridge [dod, -rij], 1825–1900, English novelist.


Blackmore

/ ˈblækˌmɔː /

noun

  1. BlackmoreR(ichard) D(oddridge)18251900MEnglishWRITING: novelist R ( ichard ) D ( oddridge ). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)


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Mr. Blackmore had made his late beginning some time before: and had just caught the public ear unmistakably with Lorna Doone .

Next morning Major Blackmore sent soldiers to apprehend me; but I was gone before they came.

When all is said and done the fact remains that Blackmore was a man of uncommon character, and a prodigious worker.

The engines arrived in good shape and were erected in the hull by Rankin, Blackmore & Co., who sent out men for this purpose.

Soon after, Dr. Blackmore, to the west of the valley, obtained two other flint implements.

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