Boucicault
Americannoun
noun
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The 19th-century playwright Dion Boucicault cut an uncommonly colorful figure — prodigal, voracious, cavalier.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
“This country just never finds a break!” bemoaned Haitian entrepreneur Marc Alain Boucicault on Twitter.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2021
“This country just never finds a break! Each year of mismanagement did not hurt but the cumulative effects made us vulnerable to everything,” Haitian entrepreneur Marc Alain Boucicault wrote on Twitter.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2021
The case was not in online court records and it was unclear if Boucicault had an attorney.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 9, 2019
In 1829 appeared his fine novel, The Collegians, afterwards successfully adapted for the stage by Dion Boucicault under the title of The Colleen Bawn.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
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