a. waugh
noun
1.
Alec ( Alexander Raban ) 1898–1981, English novelist, traveler, and lecturer (son of Arthur, brother of Evelyn).
2.
Arthur, 1866–1943, English literary critic, publisher, and editor (father of Alec and Evelyn).
3.
Evelyn (Arthur St. John) 1903–66, English novelist, satirist, biographer, and author of books on travel (son of Arthur, brother of Alec).
4.
Frederick Judd, 1861–1940, U.S. painter and illustrator.
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| 1. | Evelyn (Arthur St John) (ˈiːvlɪn). 1903--66, English novelist. His early satirical novels include Decline and Fall (1928), Vile Bodies (1930), A Handful of Dust (1934), and Scoop (1938). His later novels include the more sombre Brideshead Revisited (1945) and the trilogy of World War II Men at Arms (1952), Officers and Gentlemen (1955), and Unconditional Surrender (1961) |
| 2. | Mark (Edward). born 1965, Australian cricketer |
| 3. | his twin brother Steve, full name Stephen Roger Waugh. born 1965, Australian cricketer; captain of the Australian team that won the 1999 one-day World Cup |
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A. waugh
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. 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 fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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