Crosby
[krawz-bee, kroz-]
- BingHarry Lillis Crosby, 1904–77, U.S. singer and actor.
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Contemporary Examples
He “discovered” Ray Charles and helped shape the careers of the Rolling Stones, John Coltrane and Crosby, Stills, and Nash.
Returning to the town of Enon and to the Crosby family of the Pulitzer-winning ‘Tinkers.’
Crosby is also the chief lobbyist in the U.K. for Philip Morris.
Before he was the Stills in Crosby, Stills & Nash, Stephen Stills collaborated with Neil Young in Buffalo Springfield.
“I never felt that David [Crosby] and Graham [Nash] had the same sense about him,” he writes.
Historical Examples
"It's little we know of Crosby here," the other replied; and he spat on the deck.
The Wild GeeseStanley John Weyman
It's the Romeo trade-mark, all right, and Crosby had a deep one.
Torchy and VeeSewell Ford
I calls up Crosby, makes the date, and we meets on the corner at twelve-thirty.
Torchy and VeeSewell Ford
"As his last information was only up to 1792, he might have forgotten it," said Crosby gravely.
The Crusade of the ExcelsiorBret Harte
We cannot believe that Crosby was singular in his building a palace for himself.
The History of LondonWalter Besant
Crosby1
- a town in NW England, in Sefton unitary authority, Merseyside. Pop: 51 789 (2001)
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Crosby2
- 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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