Allingham

American

[al-ing-uhm] / ˈæl ɪŋ əm /

noun

Margery, 1904–66, English mystery writer.

Allingham British

/ ˈælɪŋəm /

noun

Margery. 1904–66, British author of detective stories, featuring Albert Campion. Her works include Tiger in the Smoke (1952) and The Mind Readers (1965)

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She and four other female authors—Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Baroness Orczy and Ngaio Marsh—team up and dub themselves the Queens of Crime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

Tom Allingham, student money expert at Save the Student, welcomed the announcement, but said the government should "think bigger" by making all students eligible, rather than just those on "priority courses".

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025

Mohammed Khan, 23, and Elizabeth Allingham, 18, are both trainee bricklayers on much sought-after apprenticeships.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2024

Save the Student’s communications director Tom Allingham said they were also cutting back on going out.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024

William Allingham was an Irish poet, of much taste, but of no great power.

From The Age of Tennyson by Walker, Hugh

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