Dunlop

[duhn-lop, duhn-lop]

noun

1. John Boyd, 1840–1921, Scottish inventor of the pneumatic tire.

Dunlop

/ ˈdʌnlɒp /

noun

1. John Boyd. 1840–1921, Scottish veterinary surgeon, who devised the first successful pneumatic tyre, which was manufactured by the company named after him

Example Sentences

“Those properties for sure are selling at steep, steep discounts because the existing owners have really just sort of done all they can do, or they’re at a point where they need to return as much equity to their investors and move on to fight another day,” said Russell Dey, managing director at Walker & Dunlop.

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William Dunlop was jailed in 2006 for the 1989 murder of Julie Hogg, 22, after her family successfully campaigned for a change in the so-called double jeopardy law.

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The Parole Board has recommended Dunlop be moved to open conditions, with a decision to be made by the Justice Secretary.

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Dunlop strangled Ms Hogg and hid her body beneath the bath at her home in Billingham, County Durham in November 1989, with Ms Ming discovering her three months later.

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The Parole Board heard Dunlop had committed other violent offences and he admitted to the panel he could have gone on to kill other people had he not been incarcerated.

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