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Oakley

[ ohk-lee ]

noun

  1. Annie Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee, 1860–1926, U.S. sharpshooter.
  2. Slang. Annie Oakley.


Oakley

/ ˈəʊklɪ /

noun

  1. OakleyAnnie18601926FUSMISC: markswoman Annie, real name Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee. 1860–1926, US markswoman


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Example Sentences

The company recently partnered with Oakley to create a one-of-a-kind single malt Scotch flask.

Now Oakley is probably a town no different than scores of others in most ways, with one glaring exception.

Dicky Betts, alternate lead guitar to Duane, whiles away the flight swapping comic books with the bassist, Berry Oakley.

As the plane makes the descent to El Paso, Berry Oakley squints down at the brown, hilly town.

On the drive to the airport, Berry Oakley is literally holding his head with both hands.

She had at once offered to go to Oakley, but Mrs Housman said she would rather see no one at present.

Such was the state of things at the time of sending the despatches by Mr. Oakley.

Encamped at the mouth of Oakley's creek, another branch of the Arkansas.

Like Horseley, Ashley, Oakley and a thousand other leas or leys distinguished from each other by some local characteristic.

I fear from what you said to Charles, and more still by nobody's coming from Oakley to see us, that you are angry with her.

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