Coryat
- a variation of Coryate.
Example Sentences
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Jeopardy! superfans measure players against one another according to a statistic known as the Coryat score, which factors out wagering to gauge their overall knowledge.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2019
Stranded far from town, Stephen Coryat, a writer, accepts a gracious offer to spend the night at the House of Gair, a thrifty Scottish version of Manderley, of Rebecca fame.
From Time Magazine Archive
The use of forks did not prevail in England till the reign of James I. Coryat.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord
Proceeding, nevertheless, to measure it, Coryat finds it works out at £10,000 a day, which is pretty good even for the Mogul.
From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
This personage is well-known to have been that odd compound, Coryat the traveller, the perpetual butt of the wits.
From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac
