Connors

[ kon-erz ]

/ ˈkɒn ərz /

noun

James Scott Jimmy, born 1952, U.S. tennis player.

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Words nearby Connors

connivery, conniving, connoisseur, Connolly, Connor, Connors, connotation, connotative, connote, Conn's syndrome, connubial

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Only Ted Williams had ever done that before, my old man told me, and one day I want to meet Connors and tell him about it.
The Great Paul Hemphill Celebrates the Long Gone Birmingham Barons|Paul Hemphill|March 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
McEnroe went up to say hello to Connors, and Connors just walked past him.
Jimmy Connors Memoir Shows He Wasn’t Misunderstood, He Was Just a Jerk|James Zug|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
John McEnroe, his bête noire, wrote in his 2002 memoir, You Cannot Be Serious, about his first meeting with Connors.
Jimmy Connors Memoir Shows He Wasn’t Misunderstood, He Was Just a Jerk|James Zug|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It is hard not to think Connors is an insensitive cad for bringing up such a private matter almost 40 years after the fact.
Jimmy Connors Memoir Shows He Wasn’t Misunderstood, He Was Just a Jerk|James Zug|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST

But perhaps the truest joy of Fire Season is the evocative language Connors uses to capture the natural world.
Great Weekend Reads|The Daily Beast|April 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Travennes looked back at his friends and saw Mr. Connors sitting on a rock holding two guns.
Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up|Clarence Edward Mulford
"I suppose it must be the old Connors orchard," answered Mrs. Williamson after a moment's reflection.
Kilmeny of the Orchard|Lucy Maud Montgomery
"Sit down," invited Mr. Connors, pushing a chunk of air out of the way with his guns.
Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up|Clarence Edward Mulford
Fortunately Mr. Connors' closing remarks are lost to history.
Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up|Clarence Edward Mulford
They claim that he was on the bank of the river in the forenoon when Connors was killed.
Homestead|Arthur G. Burgoyne

British Dictionary definitions for Connors

Connors

/ (ˈkɒnəz) /

noun

Jimmy. born 1952, US tennis player: Wimbledon champion 1974 and 1982; US champion 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, and 1983

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