Nat “King” Nathaniel Adams Coles, 1919?–65, U.S. singer and jazz pianist.
Thomas, 1801–48, U.S. painter, born in England: a founder of the Hudson River School of landscape painting.
Timothy, 1852–1931, U.S. wood engraver, born in England.
a male given name.
First recorded before 1000; Middle English col(e), Old English cāl, cāw(e)l; akin to German Kohl “cabbage”; from Latin caulis “stalk, cabbage”; cognate with Greek kaulós “stalk”; see kohlrabi
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COLE: Well, I’m not going to disagree with you because it’s a point I made myself in conference.
From MSNBC • Aug. 1, 2014
COLE: Well, I don’t think we would necessarily have enough to have a warrant for you with just that one phone call, Congressman.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2014
COLE: I’d be happy to get that back to you, Congressman.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2014
COLE: Well, we wouldn’t be querying your phone number, Congressman, unless we had evidence that you were in fact involved with a terrorist organization.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2014
C. A. COLE, Mexico, N. Y., writes:—With this machine I sawed off an elm log, twenty-one inches in diameter, in one minute, forty-three seconds.
From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
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