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Duveneck

[ doo-vuh-nek ]

/ ˈdu vəˌnɛk /

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noun

Frank Frank Decker, 1848–1919, U.S. painter and teacher.

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Words nearby Duveneck

duty to retreat, duumvir, duumvirate, Duvalier, Duve, Duveneck, duvet, duvet day, duvetyn, du Vigneaud, dux

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How to use Duveneck in a sentence

They became the favourite yarns of Duveneck's boys, to which we listened many an evening when we came to Venice four years later.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Mr. Frank Duveneck, painter and sculptor, now of Cincinnati.
The Letters of William James, Vol. 1|William James
But nobody who ever sat there with us could have complained of dulness so long as Duveneck presided at our table.
Nights|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
In Duveneck's case I cannot help breaking my golden rule never to speak in print of the living—rules were made to be broken.
Nights|Elizabeth Robins Pennell

Really, they either doubted Duveneck, or they didn't doubt Duveneck!
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies|James McNeill Whistler