Gaskell

[ gas-kuhl ]

/ ˈgæs kəl /

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noun

Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell, 1810–65, English novelist.

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How to use Gaskell in a sentence

"That's right, dear," she murmured, and Mrs. Gaskell-Walker looked a little ashamed of herself.
Happy House|Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum Stolzenberg
Hermione and her husband could not come, as they were obliged to dine with relations of the Gaskell-Walkers.
Happy House|Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum Stolzenberg
He fancied she might be a great historian, so he told Mrs. Gaskell.
Emily Bront|A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson
There does not appear to have been any form of prayer for the dead prior to the issue of Gaskell's "Prymer" in 1400.
In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious|W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent

Mrs. Gaskell seems to me to be constantly misled by a love of sharp contrasts—of "dramatic" effects.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3)|George Eliot

British Dictionary definitions for Gaskell

Gaskell

/ (ˈɡæskəl) /

noun

Mrs. married name of Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson. 1810–65, English novelist. Her novels include Mary Barton (1848), an account of industrial life in Manchester, and Cranford (1853), a social study of a country village

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