Greenough

[ gree-noh ]

noun
  1. Horatio, 1805–52, U.S. sculptor.

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How to use Greenough in a sentence

  • Mrs. Greenough: I cannot give you very full information as to that, Sir; she had one very dirty trick.

  • It is near the western edge of the village of Greenough, the gilt cupola of whose eminent steeple is noted by far-passing ships.

    The Belted Seas | Arthur Colton
  • I think I heard you tell Mr. Greenough that you had no money—that you had paid out your last dollar this very afternoon?

  • Mr. Greenough "was very active in his endeavors to procure an indictment" against me; and a bill was found.

  • Fronting it on one of the buttresses of the main entrance of the Capitol, is the second, also by Greenough.

    American Men of Mind | Burton E. Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for Greenough

Greenough

/ (ˈɡriːnəʊ) /


noun
  1. George Bellas. 1778–1855, English geologist, founder of the Geological Society of London

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