Douglas Hurd
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Douglas Hurd
C20: from rhyming slang, after Douglas Hurd (born 1930), British Conservative politician
Example Sentences
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The last British foreign secretary to visit the Falklands was Douglas Hurd in 1994.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
Douglas Hurd, a cabinet minster in Mrs Thatcher's government, was depicted with "Mr Whippy ice cream" hair.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2020
He pointed out that Douglas Hurd, then Foreign Secretary, was "exercising restraint" in public as he did not want to "provoke the Rees-Mogg brigade" into "further Quixotic action".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2018
Douglas Hurd, who retired from politics two years ago, is 87 and has recently been unwell, and Peter Carrington, the last hereditary peer to hold the post, is 98, and a little out of circulation.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 4, 2018
On Thursday, Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her 90th birthday, and a grateful Britain will honor a woman her biographer Douglas Hurd, a former foreign minister, has called “The Steadfast.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2016
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