Carlton
Americannoun
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Stephen Norman SteveLefty, born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
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a male given name.
noun
Example Sentences
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Reporter Jim Carlton boarded a San Francisco boat to see the tech and speak with researchers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Sally Bruce, 49, has been running a cake shed from her home in Carlton in Lindrick, in Nottinghamshire, for about a year, where her "cookie pies" are particularly popular.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
The new standards might make anyone who grew up watching the likes of Steve Carlton and Nolan Ryan choke on their Cracker Jack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
“RIP Dad, Legend Carl Carlton singer of She’s a Bad Mama Jama. Long hard fight in life and you will be missed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
He had a whole army of assistants, Mr. Carlton, Mr. Kellum, and a few more that Grampa didn’t know.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
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