Cur·tis

[kur-tis]
noun
1.
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
2.
Charles, 1860–1936, vice president of the U.S. 1929–33.
3.
Cyrus Her·mann Kotzsch·mar [hur-muhn koch-mahr] , 1850–1933, U.S. publisher.
4.
George Tick·nor [tik-ner] , 1812–94, U.S. attorney and writer.
5.
George William, 1824–92, U.S. essayist, editor, and reformer.
6.
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “courteous.”
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Curtis is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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curtis

noun
English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799) 
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Curtis claims it was because he was the handsomest of the boys.
Curtis has spoken in the past of his disappointment at never being awarded an
  oscar.
Curtis arrives at the audition he brings in the first actor, who fails
  miserably.
Maxine sends curtis to get copies and on his way out, curtis runs into mr.
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