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Huskisson

American  
[huhs-kuh-suhn] / ˈhʌs kə sən /

noun

  1. William, 1770–1830, British statesman and financier.


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On 10 February at Jervis Bay, the Huskisson RSL will hold its annual reunion for Voyager survivors and the families of those who died.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2018

Tim Huskisson added 14 points before fouling out for Northern Colorado, which shot 49.1 percent on 53 attempts from the field to win its third straight and get the season sweep.

From Washington Times • Mar. 8, 2015

Gradually the ideas of Adam Smith and Pitt and Huskisson, of Cobden and Bright and Peel, took possession of the English mind.

From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Skelton, Oscar Douglas

It was the second railway laid down in the kingdom, the second after the Liverpool and Manchester, where Mr. Huskisson was killed, as you may have heard on, sir. 

From Mugby Junction by Dickens, Charles

Agar Ellis assured me the other day that there was not a word of truth in the reported junction between Lord Grey and Huskisson.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II by Reeve, Henry

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