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Bagnold

American  
[bag-nuhld] / ˈbæg nəld /

noun

  1. Enid, 1889–1981, English novelist and playwright.


Bagnold British  
/ ˈbæɡnəʊld /

noun

  1. Enid ( Algerine ). 1889–1981, British novelist and playwright; her works include the novel National Velvet (1935) and the play The Chalk Garden (1955)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 1932, cinema audiences were amazed to see the exploits of another young army officer, Ralph Bagnold, journeying thousands of miles across the Libyan Desert in a car.

From BBC • May 26, 2017

Bagnold, R. A. The physics of blown sand and desert dunes.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

For example, what it would be like if she loosely rewrote “National Velvet,” the 1935 Enid Bagnold novel that became the 1944 film with the young Elizabeth Taylor?

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2015

Days of the Bagnold Summer is a book that will make you chuckle and ponder, if you're that way inclined.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2012

It was not until after the English occupation of Egypt that it was lifted out of its ignoble position by Major Bagnold and placed securely in a wooden shed.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

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