Bulfinch

[ bool-finch ]

noun

1. Charles, 1763–1844, U.S. architect.
2. his son Thomas, 1796–1867, U.S. author and mythologist.

Example Sentences

He took a street car and went straight to his room in Bulfinch Place.

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A scrubwoman answered his ring at 32 Bulfinch Place and left him standing in the hall while she went for the landlady.

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He can now take up and learn the second most valuable work he can own as a student of literature, Bulfinch's "Age of Fable."

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A farmer in Scotland had a bulfinch which he taught to whistle some plaintive old Scottish airs.

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"All right, let's holler," and Dolly gave a yell, that sounded about as loud and carrying as the pipe or a bulfinch.

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