Greenaway

[green-uh-wey]

noun

KateCatherine, 1846–1901, English painter and author and illustrator of children's books.

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Examples from the Web for greenaway

Historical Examples of greenaway

Why ever did you buy a baby's cot—and how came Mr. Greenaway to trust you?
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls
Various
Miss Greenaway's work appears as refined ten years after its "boom," as it did when it was at the flood.
Children's Books and Their Illustrators
Gleeson White
It has been noted that, in her later years, Miss Greenaway's popularity was scarcely maintained.
De Libris: Prose and Verse
Austin Dobson
She took him into the garden, where he saw at once that he was seated under the apple-tree of Miss Greenaway's pictures.
The Americanization of Edward Bok
Edward William Bok
He half smiled, however, as he picked up the Greenaway envelope and curiously broke the seal.
What Two Children Did
Charlotte E. Chittenden

British Dictionary definitions for greenaway

Greenaway

noun

Kate. 1846–1901, English painter, noted as an illustrator of children's books
Peter. born 1942, British film director; noted for such cerebral films as The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), Prospero's Books (1990), and Eight and a Half Women (1999)

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