Crosby

[ krawz-bee, kroz- ]

/ ˈkrɔz bi, ˈkrɒz- /

noun

BingHarry Lillis Crosby,1904–77, U.S. singer and actor.

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He “discovered” Ray Charles and helped shape the careers of the Rolling Stones, John Coltrane and Crosby, Stills, and Nash.
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Returning to the town of Enon and to the Crosby family of the Pulitzer-winning ‘Tinkers.’
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Crosby is also the chief lobbyist in the U.K. for Philip Morris.
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Before he was the Stills in Crosby, Stills & Nash, Stephen Stills collaborated with Neil Young in Buffalo Springfield.
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“I never felt that David [Crosby] and Graham [Nash] had the same sense about him,” he writes.
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With his office-students, Dr. Crosby was the very soul of geniality and confidence.
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"Don't you boys go to gambling," cautioned Mrs. Crosby, as she waved a farewell to her sons.
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The two boys resolved to watch Peters and Crosby and try to overhear any private talk they might have.
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I am here to tell you, Miss Madigan, why Crosby did not come to-day to play duets.
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Mr. Crosby was a man of middle age; the rest of us were younger, Carpenter being a mere youth of perhaps eighteen.
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British Dictionary definitions for crosby (1 of 2)

Crosby¹

/ (ˈkrɒzbɪ) /

noun

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

British Dictionary definitions for crosby (2 of 2)

Crosby²

/ (ˈkrɒzbɪ) /

noun

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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