Hammond

[ham-uhnd]

noun

1. John Hays 1855–1936, U.S. engineer.

2. a city in NW Indiana, near Chicago.

3. a city in SE Louisiana.

Hammond

¹

/ ˈhæmənd /

noun

1. Dame Joan. 1912–96, Australian operatic singer, born in New Zealand

2. Walter Reginald, known as Wally. 1903–65, English cricketer. An all-rounder, he played for England 85 times between 1928 and 1946

Hammond

²

/ ˈhæmənd /

noun

1. a city in NW Indiana, adjacent to Chicago. Pop: 80 547 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

It’s keyboard-heavy, with Brother Paul on Hammond B3 and the occasional keytar, offered with aplomb, and across the stage, Famous James fills in the rest of the keyboard needs.

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TV presenter Richard Hammond says he had to "bring out the big guns", or his mum, at his car workshop, the focus of his new TV show.

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Hammond, from Solihull, said he knew about cars, drove them round race tracks and had run production firms, but when it came to managing the workshop, he said: "I'm outside my comfort zone".

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Hammond said each car came with a great story, whether it was a multi-million pound Ferrari or an old Ford Escort, because each one had someone's dreams or memories wrapped up in it.

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Rescue team leader Derek Hammond described how if they had reached the men just an hour or two earlier, they all could have been home "in time for breakfast".

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