Edgerton

[ ej-er-tuh n ]

/ ˈɛdʒ ər tən /

Harold EugeneDoc,1903–90, U.S. electrical engineer and photographer.

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Edgerton's Britain is not a quaint land of outdated traditions, left behind by the surging modernity of its rivals.
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There had been no previous intimacy between the Edgerton and Clifford families, yet he had been specially invited.
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Edgerton conducted her to a seat and placed himself beside her.
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Midshipman Edgerton, looking very much puzzled, stepped over to Dave Darrin's corner.
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Under this mean prompting I prepared to go to the gallery, but not till my wife had already gone there under Edgerton's escort.
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Edgerton could scarcely have been successful in his designs upon your wife.
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