Fawcett

/ (ˈfɔːsɪt) /

noun

Dame Millicent Garrett . 1847–1929, British suffragette

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Words nearby Fawcett

favourite, favouritism, favours, Favrile Glass, favus, Fawcett, Fawkes, fawn, fawn lily, fawny, fax

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Example sentences from the Web for Fawcett

Fawcett won a $220 million judgment in a West Virginia courtroom.
Laurence Leamer on Coal Baron Donald Blankenship’s Downfall|Laurence Leamer|May 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Fawcett and Stanley had become obsessed with bringing Blankenship down.
Laurence Leamer on Coal Baron Donald Blankenship’s Downfall|Laurence Leamer|May 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
What was it that led Fawcett to South America in the first place?
Raiders of the Lost City|The Daily Beast|February 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Did you entertain visions of being the Stanley to Fawcett's Dr. Livingstone?
Raiders of the Lost City|The Daily Beast|February 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Fawcett would take expeditions of just a few men and march into these areas with an almost crazy, divine sense of purpose.
Raiders of the Lost City|The Daily Beast|February 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST
All went well and smoothly through several rounds, until Fawcett and Woodmas were drawn together.
Wrestling and Wrestlers:|Jacob Robinson
When Mr. Fawcett does deal with a class he is not always just.
Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889|Various
At one of the last rehearsals, Fawcett, the stage manager, inquired of the adapter if he had written a prologue?
A Book of the Play|Dutton Cook
I will only note here my first acquaintance with Mrs. Fawcett.
A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume I|Mrs. Humphry Ward
He tried to beg off, because he had met Miss Fawcett during her disastrous year on the stage.
The Brightener|C. N. Williamson

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