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Dekker

American

[dek-er] / ˈdɛk ər /

Or Decker

noun

Thomas, 1572?–1632?, English dramatist.

Dekker British

/ ˈdɛkə /

noun

Thomas. ?1572–?1632, English dramatist and pamphleteer, noted particularly for his comedy The Shoemaker's Holiday (1600) and his satirical pamphlet The Gull's Hornbook (1609)

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He brought with him a soundtrack of emerging reggae artists, including Desmond Dekker, the Slickers, Scotty, the Melodians and the Maytals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

Alijani's team, together with TU Delft professor Cees Dekker and the TU Delft spin-off SoundCell, achieved this by using precisely engineered microcavities that trap single E. coli cells from a bulk population.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

It was originally scheduled for this month but was postponed because of the security situation in Israel, Dekker says.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 22, 2024

"I also photographed Desmond Dekker for an album cover with The Specials, and another cover for The Selecter".

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024

It included the works of Robert Greene, Thomas Nash, Gabriel Harvey, and the prose tracts of Thomas Dekker.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

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