Grainger

[ greyn-jer ]

/ ˈgreɪn dʒər /

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noun

Percy Al·dridge

[awl-drij], /ˈɔl drɪdʒ/, 1882–1961, Australian pianist and composer, in the U.S. after 1915.

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How to use Grainger in a sentence

In one email exchange, a sergeant from the Minneapolis Police Department requested three redacted items prior to the Chauvin trial from Grainger, an industrial supply retail store, for SWAT operations.
The secret police: After protests around George Floyd’s murder ended, a police system for watching protesters kept going|Sam Richards, Tate Ryan-Mosley|March 17, 2022|MIT Technology Review
The real revelation, though, is the mellifluously named Holliday Grainger.
The Borgias' Entertaining Excess|Allen Barra|May 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Peggy Grainger was only a tiny little girl when Admaston's father died.
A Butterfly on the Wheel|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Old Grainger used to say that they must certainly marry—keep the firm together, and so on, don't you know.
A Butterfly on the Wheel|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

Mrs. Grainger had been a chronic invalid, and she had left the girl in charge of the 'bonne.'
A Butterfly on the Wheel|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Lawrence represented Lord Rakeland in the one, and Grainger in the other.
Art in England|Dutton Cook
Now for a line to my Cousin Sophy, to know who is the 'Grainger' who says she is so well acquainted with us all.
A Rent In A Cloud|Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for Grainger

Grainger

/ (ˈɡreɪndʒə) /

noun

Percy Aldridge. 1882–1961, Australian pianist, composer, and collector of folk music on which many of his works are based

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