Irving, Washington

Cultural  

1. A nineteenth-century American author. “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle” are two of his best-known works.

---

Example Sentences

When Washington Irving did grow monotonous, he could reverse the order and sign Irving Washington until that grew monotonous.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

“Either one. We figure that Washington Irving and Irving Washington are one man and that he’s using two names just to throw us off the track. That’s done very often you know.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Irving, Washington, Life of Washington, quoted, 181, 185, 186, 195.

From George Washington by Thayer, William Roscoe

Irving, Washington, 57; foible of, 180; death of, 535.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various

Irving, Washington, 7, 181, 222;  Rip Van Winkle, 181;  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 181.

From A Manual of the Art of Fiction by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker