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Brooks

American  
[brooks] / brʊks /

noun

  1. Gwendolyn, 1917–2000, U.S. poet and novelist.

  2. Phillips, 1835–93, U.S. Protestant Episcopal bishop and pulpit orator.

  3. Van Wyck 1886–1963, U.S. author and critic.

  4. a male given name.


Brooks British  
/ brʊks /

noun

  1. Geraldine . born 1955, Australian writer. Her novels include March (2005), which won the Pulitzer prize

  2. Mel , real name Melvyn Kaminsky . born 1926, US comedy writer, actor, and film director. His films include The Producers (1968), Blazing Saddles (1974), High Anxiety (1977), and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1996)

  3. ( Troyal ) Garth. born 1962, US country singer and songwriter; his bestselling records include Ropin' the Wind (1991) and Scarecrow (2001)

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Must I quote 'books in the running brooks' to you?

From The Taming of the Jungle by Doyle, Dr. C. W.

And as he smoked and talked his aged wife Would parallel his theme, as a brooks' branches Formed by a slender island, flow together.

From Toward the Gulf by Masters, Edgar Lee

I go roaming listening to brooks' babble, to the rustle of leaves.

From The Cycle of Spring by Tagore, Rabindranath

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