Gainsborough

[geynz-bur-oh, -buhr-oh, geynz-ber-uh]

noun

1. Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.

Gainsborough

/ -brə, ˈɡeɪnzbərə /

noun

1. Thomas. 1727–88, English painter, noted particularly for his informal portraits and for his naturalistic landscapes

Example Sentences

Michael Overson, from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, has been waiting three years for a knee operation and found out on Friday his surgery, which had been scheduled for Tuesday, had been cancelled.

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The name is a playful nod to Thomas Gainsborough’s “The Blue Boy,” one of the Huntington’s famous paintings, and a reference to the plant’s greener-than-usual spadix.

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Jess and Norma were also regular visitors to Marshall's Yard shopping centre in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, where they switched on the Christmas lights last year.

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A spokesperson for Gainsborough Care Home previously said they were "deeply saddened" and were "fully co-operating" with lead agencies.

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Once every three weeks, Adelaide Coupland drives the hour and a half from Leeds to her mum’s home in Gainsborough in Lincolnshire.

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