bobbie morris

Mor·ris

[mawr-is, mor-]
noun
1.
Esther Hobart Mc·Quigg Slack [muh-kwig slak] , 1814–1902, U.S. suffragist.
2.
Gouv·er·neur [guhv-er-neer] , 1752–1816, U.S. statesman.
3.
Robert, 1734–1806, U.S. financier and statesman, born in England.
4.
William, 1834–96, English painter, furniture designer, poet, and socialist writer.
5.
Wright, 1910–1998, U.S. novelist.
6.
a male given name, form of Maurice.
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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 stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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William. 1834--96, English poet, designer, craftsman, and socialist writer. He founded the Kelmscott Press (1890)

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Morris
style of furniture, wallpaper, etc., 1880, in ref. to poet and craftsman William Morris (1834-96).
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