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
Thatcher quit to leave the field clear for John Major and Douglas Hurd to fight off Heseltine, a move recorded by the Guardian that day under the headline: “Battle to halt the usurper.”
From The Guardian ● Dec. 29, 2016
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
If she had fought on, the then-Chancellor John Major and Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd would not have thrown their hats into the ring and she would have gone head-to-head with Michael Heseltine once again.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2015
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