Garfield
[gahr-feeld]
- James Abram,1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- a city in NE New Jersey.
- a male given name.
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Contemporary Examples
The Garfield specials are also unique for their deadpan delivery and oftentimes bleak worldview.
Perhaps made doubly frightening because not only does the old man frighten Garfield and Odie, but he steals their candy as well.
Also making appearances in the early Garfield specials are the original Bilbo Baggins, Orson Bean, and a pre-Cheers George Wendt.
Garfield the cat occupies an understated and often overlooked position critical to the history of televised animation.
It was the 1985 Halloween special that set an animated Garfield ahead of its contemporary competitors.
Historical Examples
There was a meeting, and Garfield was shot through the lung.
The SnareRafael Sabatini
If Garfield recovers from his wound he will be tried by court-martial.
The SnareRafael Sabatini
Well, good-bye, Garfield, I won't be likely to see you again before you go.
Plotting in Pirate SeasFrancis Rolt-Wheeler
But there was one other who had some inkling of the plot—Garfield, the American.
Plotting in Pirate SeasFrancis Rolt-Wheeler
Returned to Huntsville this afternoon; General Garfield with me.
The Citizen-SoldierJohn Beatty
Garfield
- James Abram. 1831–81, 20th president of the US (1881); assassinated in office
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