Congreve
Americannoun
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William, 1670–1729, English dramatist.
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Sir William, 1772–1828, English engineer and inventor.
noun
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Watch League Two Bromley take a shock lead as Cameron Congreve scores within eight minutes against Newcastle United in the FA Cup at St James' Park.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025
Any woman of a certain age in anything by Shakespeare, Dickens, Congreve, Dryden or Sheridan.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
The Restoration saw Britain’s first-ever professional actresses, and both Otway and Congreve helped them shine.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2019
“It’s got that same kind of cruelty,” says Rebeck, who looked at an obscure 17th-century suggestion Rickman made before settling on the Congreve staple.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2018
Sterne, Fielding, Smollett, Swift, must all be flung into the dusthole after Congreve, Wycherley, Jonson; Dryden, of course, follows these without delay, and Spencer, with his “Faerie Queene,” is the next victim.
From Is the Bible Indictable? Being an Enquiry whether the Bible Comes within the Ruling of the Lord Chief Justice as to Obscene Literature by Besant, Annie
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