Cookson

noun

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

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Historical Examples

Well, it is possible; old Cookson may not be so great a fool as he looks.
Dr. Jolliffe's Boys
Lewis Hough
I hear from Mr Cookson that you have been mugging lately, just as I have.
Dr. Jolliffe's Boys
Lewis Hough
Of these, and so many more, Mr. Cookson has at this moment fifteen thousand plants.
About Orchids
Frederick Boyle
In the morning a sailor conducted the boys to the house where Mr. Cookson had established himself.
A Chapter of Adventures
G. A. Henty
On the 31st of March Cookson and Keir struck track of guns, and presently they were attacked with great determination.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, vol. 7
Louis Creswicke

Cookson

Examples from the Web for cookson

Historical Examples

Well, it is possible; old Cookson may not be so great a fool as he looks.

I hear from Mr Cookson that you have been mugging lately, just as I have.

Of these, and so many more, Mr. Cookson has at this moment fifteen thousand plants.

In the morning a sailor conducted the boys to the house where Mr. Cookson had established himself.

On the 31st of March Cookson and Keir struck track of guns, and presently they were attacked with great determination.