Firbank

British

/ ˈfɜːbæŋk /

noun

( Arthur Annesley ) Ronald . 1886–1926, English novelist, whose works include Valmouth (1919), The Flower beneath the Foot (1923), and Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli (1926)

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For former sales executive Neil Firbank, a sense of purpose, hope and acceptance are the underlying principles of recovery.

From BBC

Firefighters also attended and ventilated the Firbank Road school.

From BBC

Then a 43-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm after police descended in Ascot Avenue, Stretford and Firbank Road in Wythenshawe.

From BBC

The three great gigglers: Proust, Firbank and Chekhov.

From New York Times

I currently await delivery of a larky 1930s novel called “Frolic Wind” by one Richard Oke, whom contemporary reviewers likened to Ronald Firbank and Evelyn Waugh.

From Washington Post

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