Fermor
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Fermor was, as he freely admitted, a shameless scrounger of invitations and of houses he could borrow.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2017
Throughout, Jelly-Schapiro acknowledges his debt to the swashbuckling British adventurer and travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2017
Like many people, my introduction to Leigh Fermor was A Time for Gifts.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 31, 2016
Osbert Lancaster, a witty cartoonist, and Patrick Leigh Fermor, who would become a glamorous writer, were there.
From Economist ● Sep. 8, 2016
Fermor, with the Russian horse, fled to Kratsdorf and, had not the bridge there been burnt by Frederick, he would have made off, leaving his infantry to their fate.
From With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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