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Gosse

American  
[gaws, gos] / gɔs, gɒs /

noun

  1. Sir Edmund William, 1849–1928, English poet, biographer, and critic.


Gosse British  
/ ɡɒs /

noun

  1. Sir Edmund William. 1849–1928, English critic and poet, noted particularly for his autobiographical work Father and Son (1907)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Linda Armstrong, 64, was a New Zealander but her life had been far from conventional, her nephew Kyron Gosse says.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2019

“She would come back telling the stories of sharing amazing food and swapping stories with the other women at mosque,” Gosse told the newspaper.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2019

Linda Armstrong, 64, was a third-generation New Zealander who grew up in Auckland and converted to Islam in her 50s, her nephew Kyron Gosse said.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2019

Gosse is credited with inventing the institutional aquarium; Edugyan has Wash coming up with both the idea and a workable design.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 17, 2018

If Mr. Gosse were right, it would practically put on a par with a mere advertising scheme many poems which have now become household favorites.

From Browning and His Century by Helen Archibald Clarke

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