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Dawes

[dawz]
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noun
  1. Charles Gates,1865–1951, U.S. financier and diplomat: vice president of the U.S. 1925–29; Nobel Peace Prize 1925.
  2. William,1745–99, U.S. Revolutionary patriot: rode with Paul Revere and Samuel Prescott warning Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston.
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  • Miss Dawes, who had been in high spirits, now took a moment for reflection.

    Cy Whittaker's Place

    Joseph C. Lincoln

  • Miss Dawes herself opened the door in response to his knock.

    Cy Whittaker's Place

    Joseph C. Lincoln

  • Miss Dawes was silent likewise, but she thought a great deal.

    Cy Whittaker's Place

    Joseph C. Lincoln

  • "I told Miss Dawes of the photograph and what it proved," went on Peabody.

    Cy Whittaker's Place

    Joseph C. Lincoln

  • Miss Dawes had "come early," at the captain's urgent appeal.

    Cy Whittaker's Place

    Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for dawes

Dawes

noun
  1. Charles Gates. 1865–1951, US financier, diplomat, and statesman, who devised the Dawes Plan for German reparations payments after World War I; vice president of the US (1925–29); Nobel peace prize 1925
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