wild bill donovan

noun

William Joseph ( "Wild Bill" ) 1883–1959, U.S. lawyer and military officer: organizer and director of the OSS 1942–45.

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Donovan

from Ir. Donndubhan "dark brown."

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"Wild Bill was indulging in his favorite pastime of a friendly game of cards in the old No. 10 saloon. For the second time in his career, he was sitting with his back to an open door. Jack McCall walked in, shot him through the back of the head, and rushed from the place, only to be captured shortly afterward. Wild Bill's dead hand held aces and eights, and from that time on this has been known in the West as "the dead man's hand.""

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