Sloan

[ slohn ]

noun
  1. John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.

  2. a male given name.

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How to use Sloan in a sentence

  • Sloan promised Markley that he would not make known his hiding place, but it leaked out and he was arrested by the sheriff.

    The Old Pike | Thomas B. Searight
  • Markley had no ready money, but owned property and proffered his note, which Sloan agreed to accept.

    The Old Pike | Thomas B. Searight
  • Markley owed Sloan a sum of money and proposed to settle if Sloan would release him from custody.

    The Old Pike | Thomas B. Searight
  • Dr. Sloan recorded one Amblyopsis which he kept twenty months without food.

  • Last night this same Mr. Sloan enacted a character in a rollicking Irish farce at the theatre!

    The Complete Works of Artemus Ward | Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)

British Dictionary definitions for Sloan

Sloan

/ (sləʊn) /


noun
  1. John. 1871–1951, US painter and etcher, a leading member of the group of realistic painters known as the Ash Can School. His pictures of city scenes include McSorley's Bar (1912) and Backyards, Greenwich Village (1914)

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