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    Craig
    noun
    Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
  • craig
    craig
    noun
    a Scot word for crag

Craig

American  
[krayg] / kreɪg /

noun

  1. Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.

  2. a male given name: from a Welsh family name meaning “rock.”


Craig 1 British  
/ kreɪɡ /

noun

  1. Edward Gordon. 1872–1966, English theatrical designer, actor, and director. His nonrealistic scenic design greatly influenced theatre in Europe and the US

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

craig 2 British  
/ kreɡ, kreɪɡ /

noun

  1. a Scot word for crag

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Yeah, you've got a longer term contract but you know that can be short-lived," Craig says.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

“Incentivizing other people to invest in the neighborhood, that’s positive,” said Craig Robins, one of the biggest developers in the neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

This led to Clare's parents taking custody of her youngest son, Craig, who was eight at the time.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Craig estimated that the business, a nonunion shop, employs about 100 people now and will likely reach 200 workers in coming months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

As the adults drank coffee and laughed in the kitchen, a parallel scene would unfold outside as Craig and I joined whatever pack of kids came with those adults.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

“Na,” says he, “and neither you nor me,” says he, “and as sune as I can win to stand on my twa feet we’ll be aff frae this craig o’ Sawtan.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

I have a rope, Roger," Oswald began, "that will reach from the turret to the foot of the craig.

From Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower by Ralph Peacock

She sought him east, she sought him west, She sought him braid and narrow; Syne, in the cleaving of a craig She found him drown'd in Yarrow.

From In the Border Country by W. S.

He compares his soul to a high, bare craig, without any crannies in which flowers may lurk, untouched by the mellowing influences of sun and shower. 

From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by John Campbell Shairp

So there was he hingin' by a line an' speldering on the craig face, whaur it's hieest and steighest.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson

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