Crosby

American  

[krawz-bee, kroz-] / ˈkrɔz bi, ˈkrɒz- /

noun

1. Bing Harry Lillis Crosby, 1904–77, U.S. singer and actor.

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Crosby ¹ British  

/ ˈkrɒzbɪ /

noun

1. a town in NW England, in Sefton unitary authority, Merseyside. Pop: 51 789 (2001)

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Crosby ² British  

/ ˈkrɒzbɪ /

noun

1. Bing, real name Harry Lillis Crosby. 1904–77, US singer and film actor; famous for his style of crooning: best known for the song "White Christmas" from the film Holiday Inn (1942)

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Example Sentences

For this piece, random performers are paired up for duets to try to replicate the magic of David Bowie and Bing Crosby’s “Little Drummer Boy” to varying degrees of success.

From Los Angeles Times

He is the son of two teachers and was born in Crosby.

From BBC

Bing Crosby, a Christmas titan, racks up 70% of his annual streams in December, according to Adam Lowenberg, chief marketing officer at Primary Wave Music, a music-publishing company that also markets prominent artists’ catalogs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Within a year of the premiere, Bob Crosby, Bing’s brother, adopted it as his band’s theme.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the clear, cold, moonlit night of February 17, 1864, John Crosby, the officer of the deck aboard the Union’s mightiest sloop of war, the USS Housatonic, stood gazing across the waters of Charleston Harbor.

From Literature