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Hoad

American  
[hohd] / hoʊd /

noun

  1. Lew(is Alan), 1934–94, Australian tennis player.


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Mr Hoad had diabetes and coronary artery disease.

From BBC Apr. 8, 2024

Instead, Djokovic joins Jack Crawford in 1933 and Lew Hoad in 1956 as men who won a year’s first trio of Grand Slam tournaments and made it all the way to the U.S.

From Seattle Times Sep. 12, 2021

Lawn Tennis Association title with a four-set victory over Lewis Hoad.

From Washington Times Sep. 6, 2019

So why, asks Phil Hoad, are the authorities trying to ban them?

From The Guardian Oct. 3, 2018

They will soon knock into shape, for Colonel Hoad hates the sight of a slovenly horseman as badly as a duck hates a dust storm.

From Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front by Hales, A. G. (Alfred Greenwood)

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