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

Four printed pages of the first Moral Essay, with the corrections in manuscript, were discovered by Mr. Kilvert among Warburton's papers.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander

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

One miserable morning Mr. Kilvert, Mrs. Pile, and I went with my mother and Lea to the station at Chippenham.

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