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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.


O'Neill

/ əʊˈniːl /

noun

  1. O'NeillEugene (Gladstone)18881953MUSTHEATRE: dramatist 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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Example Sentences

I am afraid you wont find your sister in there, Miss ONeill.

No one yet has ever found the answer to the riddle of Polly ONeill.

I still want to be told what mad thing Polly ONeill is planning to do next.

Wait here for a moment, Miss ONeill; we can find no other spot so quiet in which to have a talk, the man said sternly.

Suddenly Mollie ONeill turned toward her friend, at the same instant drawing two letters from her pocket.

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