Flaherty

[ fla-er-tee, flah- ]

noun
  1. Robert Joseph, 1884–1951, U.S. pioneer in the production of documentary motion pictures.

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How to use Flaherty in a sentence

  • Both Hicks and Flaherty had grown old in the towboat service and the rules of the road rested lightly on their sordid souls.

    Captain Scraggs | Peter B. Kyne
  • Scraggs, knowing his own fire hose, defied them, so Dan Hicks started the pump while Flaherty turned on the water.

    Captain Scraggs | Peter B. Kyne
  • Did you see anything of Officer Flaherty, who ought to be on this beat?

    Bats in the Wall | P. T. Raymond
  • Any way, whatever the reason of it was, he had Patsy Flaherty leathering the mare like the devil.

    The Simpkins Plot | George A. Birmingham
  • Any way Patsy Flaherty gave over lambasting the old mare, and she stood still, the way you'd think she was glad of the rest.

    The Simpkins Plot | George A. Birmingham

British Dictionary definitions for Flaherty

Flaherty

/ (ˈflæhətɪ) /


noun
  1. Robert (Joseph). 1884–1951, US film director, a pioneer of documentary film; his work includes Nanook of the North (1922) and Elephant Boy (1935)

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