Jenney

[ jen-ee ]

/ ˈdʒɛn i /

William Le Bar·on

[luh -bar-uhn], /lə ˈbær ən/, 1832–1907, U.S. engineer and architect: pioneer in skyscraper construction.

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The garment was a dark blue, and Mr. Jenney felt of its gossamer weight with a good-natured contempt.
Mr. Crewe's Career, Complete|Winston Churchill
You seem such an out-of-door person, and Mr. Jenney said you were always wandering about the country-side.
Mr. Crewe's Career, Complete|Winston Churchill
"Mr. Jenney said something else that—that I wanted to ask you about," she went on, breathing more deeply.
Mr. Crewe's Career, Complete|Winston Churchill
Hanover Street, Mr. Jenney's farm-house, were unrealities too.
Mr. Crewe's Career, Complete|Winston Churchill

The creeping Jenney could be entwined with the laurel-leaves in such a way as to form long festoons.
In The Boyhood of Lincoln|Hezekiah Butterworth