Ichabod
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Post likened him to Ichabod Crane, the fictional schoolmaster in the Washington Irving short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
If it was any other procedural drama, Abbie and Ichabod would have been together by the third season but the show sidelines Abbie in the second season to focus on Ichabod's long-lost wife and son.
From Salon • Sep. 25, 2023
The school’s other statues are mostly modern art, except of a recently installed statue of Ichabod Washburn, an early benefactor and namesake of the school.
From Washington Times • Aug. 27, 2020
He was also the first Ichabod to be selected for the 2019 Reese’s Senior Bowl.
From Fox News • Apr. 28, 2019
He looked like an illustration Longstreet had once seen of Ichabod Crane.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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