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Walcott

[wawl-kuht, -kot]

noun

  1. Derek, 1930–2017, West Indian poet and playwright: Nobel Prize 1992.

  2. Joe Arnold CreamJersey Joe, 1914–94, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1951–52.



Walcott

/ ˈwɔːlkət /

noun

  1. Derek ( Alton ). born 1930, St Lucian poet and playwright, whose works include the poetry collections In a Green Night (1962) and The Bounty (1997), the play The Dream on Monkey Mountain (1967), and the long poem Omeros (1990): Nobel prize for literature 1992

  2. Jersey Joe, real name Arnold Raymond Cream. 1914–94, US boxer: world heavyweight champion 1951–52

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Former Arsenal winger Theo Walcott felt City got their tactics right, but conceded at the end through a "series of mistakes".

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Former Arsenal forward Theo Walcott: I am not just saying this because I am Arsenal, but I do feel that if they had someone like Viktor Gyokeres in the PSG semi-final they lost last season, then they would have won it.

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Theo Walcott: I think all six English teams will do well, not just Arsenal.

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Theo Walcott: Bayern Munich will do well but I know I can't class them as a surprise package because they are expecting to win it.

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Theo Walcott: I am really looking forward to seeing Arsenal's Eberechi Eze in the Champions League.

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