Bairnsfather

noun

Bruce . 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I

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Historical Examples

Students of Captain Bairnsfather's drawings will catch the allusion.
The Story of Our Submarines
John Graham Bower
Ay, said Mrs. Bairnsfather, mysteriously, I hear the Sutherlands are not in the best way.
Merkland
Mrs. Oliphant
I wonder, said Mrs. Bairnsfather, who is likely to get the Tower?
Merkland
Mrs. Oliphant
Mrs. Bairnsfather, said Mr. Coulter; you are taking it too seriously.
Merkland
Mrs. Oliphant
Ah, Mr. Ambler, said Mrs. Bairnsfather, it is not aye well to be merry.
Merkland
Mrs. Oliphant

Bairnsfather

Examples from the Web for bairnsfather

Historical Examples

Students of Captain Bairnsfather's drawings will catch the allusion.

Ay, said Mrs. Bairnsfather, mysteriously, I hear the Sutherlands are not in the best way.

I wonder, said Mrs. Bairnsfather, who is likely to get the Tower?

Mrs. Bairnsfather, said Mr. Coulter; you are taking it too seriously.

Ah, Mr. Ambler, said Mrs. Bairnsfather, it is not aye well to be merry.