Huggins

[huhg-inz]

noun

Charles Bren·ton

[bren-tn] /ˈbrɛn tn/, 1901–97, U.S. surgeon and medical researcher, born in Canada: Nobel Prize 1966.

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Examples from the Web for huggins

As an ink-slinger, Huggins wasn't a patch on my husband; but Huggins was a trifle handier with his irons.
The Golden Butterfly|Walter Besant
"None left," said Tom reflectively, joining Huggins on the crest.
Mountain|Clement Wood
As a concession to propriety, she was to bring Martha, the Huggins housekeeper, with her.
The Ranchman|Charles Alden Seltzer
She was now as tractable and inoffensive "in her daily walk and conversation" (Huggins) as a little child.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8|Ambrose Bierce

But you would have laughed to see old Miss Huggins go on about what she lost.
Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia|Seba Smith

British Dictionary definitions for huggins

Huggins

noun

Sir William. 1824–1910, British astronomer. He pioneered the use of spectroscopy in astronomy and discovered the red shift in the lines of a stellar spectrum

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Medicine definitions for huggins

Huggins

[hŭg′ĭnz]Charles Brenton 1901-1997

Canadian-born American surgeon. He shared a 1966 Nobel Prize for research in hormone treatment for cancer of the prostate.