Baum

[ bawm, bahm for 1; boum for 2 ]

/ bɔm, bɑm for 1; baʊm for 2 /

noun

L(y·man) Frank

[lahy-muh n] /ˈlaɪ mən/,1856–1919, U.S. journalist, playwright, and author of children's books.

Vicki,1888–1960, U.S. novelist, born in Austria.

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A few years later, Baum posited that the math behind tumor growth looked more like chaos theory than anything else.
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“It is so expensive it makes me weep,” says Baum, the British oncologist.
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Baum's review was awesome: This is a disgraceful book, both in what O'Connor has to say and how she has chosen to say it.
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Baum inquired about whether Valle had ever actually met or even spoken on the phone with any of those he chatted with online.
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Baum continued on to a fantasy chat in which Valle had spoken of selling actual women for particular prices.
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Both smiled, and as Colonel Baum and his staff now came riding by, Ira mounted his own horse and joined them.
The Boy Scouts at the Battle of Saratoga|Herbert Carter
Stark fell back a mile to wait for reinforcements and draw down Baum from his strong position.
The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving|Washington Irving
Colonel Baum now attempted to retrieve himself by heading a new attack in person, but with no better success.
The Boy Scouts at the Battle of Saratoga|Herbert Carter
Baum found himself everywhere assailed with unlooked-for vigor.
Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777|Samuel Adams Drake
At this time Baum was greatly in debt, and for the next few months was too ill to superintend his gardens personally.
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British Dictionary definitions for baum

Baum

/ (bɔːm, bɑːm) /

noun

L (yman) Frank 1856–1919, US novelist, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and its sequels

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