Sinclairs'
klɛər, ˈsɪŋ- noun
1.
Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
2.
May, 1865?–1946, British novelist.
4.
a male given name: a family name taken from a French placename, Saint Clair.
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Sinclair (sɪŋˈklɛə, ˈsɪŋklɛə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| 1. | Sir Clive (Marles). born 1940, British electronics engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, who produced such electronic goods as pocket calculators and some of the first home computers; however, the Sinclair C5, a small light electric vehicle for one person, proved a commercial failure |
| 2. | Upton (Beall). 1878--1968, US novelist, whose The Jungle (1906) exposed the working and sanitary conditions of the Chicago meat-packing industry and prompted the passage of food inspection laws |
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Sinclairs'
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| 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. |
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