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Earp

American  
[urp] / ɜrp /

noun

  1. Wyatt Berry Stapp, 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.


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His latest report spotlights one manager’s use of a state-owned Ford F-150, with maps of 47 questioned trips and details of purchases like black jelly beans and Wyatt Earp whiskey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

A special, “Wynonna Earp: Vengeance,” was released on Tubi last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

Andrea Russell is a fixture on Earp Street, the quiet strip of rowhouses in South Philadelphia where she has lived for 45 years.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2024

Among its notables were Old West lawman Wyatt Earp, who served as temporary marshal for 10 days while he traveled to the Klondike, and naturist John Muir.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Wyatt Earp shifted his shotgun into his two hands and held it as a trap-shooter who is waiting for the clay pigeons to rise.

From When the West Was Young by Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)