Logie
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Logie
C20: after John Logie Baird
Example Sentences
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Mechanical systems were developed in the 1920s, especially by the Scottish inventor James Logie Baird.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
On 26 January 1926, in an attic room in central London, John Logie Baird transmitted a flickering image across a few feet.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
Logie, who left Division II Point Loma to become Montana State’s head man last season, inherited a raw deal with the Bobcats.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2024
Since Jan Logie, a Green party MP, was a teenager, op-shops have felt like, “large dress-up boxes, providing me with the possibility of many lives to be lived,” she said.
From The Guardian • Nov. 20, 2020
No sooner had this rumour reached the king than orders were given to search both young Logie himself and the room in which he was used to sleep.
From Stories from the Ballads Told to the Children by Cameron, Katharine
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