Dickinson

[dik-in-suhn]

noun

1. Edwin (Walter), 1891–1978, U.S. landscape and still-life painter.

2. Emily (Elizabeth), 1830–86, U.S. poet.

3. John, 1732–1808, U.S. statesman and publicist.

4. a town in W North Dakota.

Dickinson

/ ˈdɪkɪnsən /

noun

1. Emily. 1830–86, US poet, noted for her short mostly unrhymed mystical lyrics

Example Sentences

Dickinson combed through “maybe 50 or 100” tapes to find the right actor to play Mike, a down-on-his-luck British man struggling with homelessness and drug addiction on the streets of London.

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Dickinson injects some puzzling, dreamy passages throughout “Urchin,” suggesting dark moments from Mike’s past or troubled psyche.

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Dickinson had to withdraw from proceedings on day 11, however, and was reported at the time to have been taken from Kruger National Park to hospital for treatment.

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For Everton's new Hill Dickinson Stadium, we ordered an upper tier, behind the goal seat.

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“What we call polarization, they called sectionalism, and in the 1850s there was a growing sense that the sections of the country were pulling apart,” said Matthew Pinsker of Dickinson University.

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