Kilvert

British  

/ ˈkɪlvət /

noun

1. Francis. 1840–79, British clergyman and diarist. His diary (published 1938–40) gives a vivid account of life in the Welsh Marches in the 1870s

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Example Sentences

Among a fresh crop of boutiques: the three-level Lark Vintage, with its 20th-century couture and kitchen full of kitsch, and the atelier of the animal-loving artisan Mary Kilvert, who creates woolly sheep sculptures.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2014

In 1976, with a lawyer friend, John Kerry, who would become a senator from Massachusetts and the 2004 Democratic nominee for president, he founded Kilvert & Forbes, a cookie company.

From New York Times • May 16, 2010

A good moderate example may be seen upon Cousin Kilvert, with doublet and band, in the print here.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse

I put your letter away for some time till Mrs. Kilvert sent me upstairs for my gloves.

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.

Mr. Kilvert was a good scholar, but in the dryest, hardest sense; of literature he knew nothing, and he was entirely without originality or cleverness, so that his knowledge was of the most untempting description.

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.