O'Neill

[ oh-neel ]

noun
  1. Eugene (Gladstone), 1888–1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel Prize 1936.

  2. Thomas P(hilip) "Tip", 1912–1994, U.S. politician: congressman 1953–87; speaker of the House 1977–87.

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How to use O'Neill in a sentence

  • Sam O'Neill stood picking at a splotch on the ancient plaster, with strong, yellow-gloved hands.

    V. V.'s Eyes | Henry Sydnor Harrison
  • Yet the two men in the waiting-room, beholding, turned away, and Sam O'Neill bit a groan through in the middle.

    V. V.'s Eyes | Henry Sydnor Harrison
  • We have room for another officer, and we need men like you, Captain O'Neill, to help us against the aliens out there!

    Victory | Lester del Rey
  • Flannery had almost hoped that it would be O'Neill who would handle the problem of cultural interpenetration.

    Victory | Lester del Rey
  • O'Neill not only for years beat her generals in the field, her beat herself and her councillors at their own game.

    The Crime Against Europe | Roger Casement

British Dictionary definitions for O'Neill

O'Neill

/ (əʊˈniːl) /


noun
  1. Eugene (Gladstone). 1888–1953, US dramatist. His works, which are notable for their emotional power and psychological analysis, include Desire under the Elms (1924), Strange Interlude (1928), Mourning becomes Elektra (1931), Long Day's Journey into Night (1941), and The Iceman Cometh (1946): Nobel prize for literature 1936

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