Cookson

/ (ˈkʊksən) /

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noun

Dame Catherine. 1906-98, British novelist, known for her popular novels set in northeast England

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Words nearby Cookson

cookoff, cookout, cookshack, cookshop, cook someone's goose, Cookson, Cook's tour, cookstove, Cookstown, Cook Strait, cook the books

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How to use Cookson in a sentence

In the morning a sailor conducted the boys to the house where Mr. Cookson had established himself.
A Chapter of Adventures|G. A. Henty
Mr. Cookson, accompanied only by a janissary in uniform, drove immediately towards the Caracol.
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885|Charles Royle
With Pivani, Hatton & Cookson's chief clerk we were escorted to the royal presence.
The Congo and Coasts of Africa|Richard Harding Davis
Mr. Cookson has shown me the official list of the killed as far as it is known at present.
A Chapter of Adventures|G. A. Henty

We had been drinking tea with Mr. and Mrs. Cookson, and left them when the weather was dull.
The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. VII|William Wordsworth