Dinwiddie

[din-wid-ee, din-wid-ee]

noun

Robert,1693–1770, British colonial administrator in America: lieutenant governor of Virginia 1751–58.

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Mr. Dinwiddie had been a gentleman, as much as any one I ever knew; he was the first.
Daisy
Elizabeth Wetherell
This attitude, he admitted, was not confined to Dinwiddie, since it was national.
Virginia
Ellen Glasgow
It struck Oliver that the only use Dinwiddie made of time was to kill it.
Virginia
Ellen Glasgow
It seems to me that you've gone mad over money in Dinwiddie.
Virginia
Ellen Glasgow
By the way, could you have a bushel of cornmeal sent to me from Dinwiddie?
Virginia
Ellen Glasgow