Kipling

American

[kip-ling] / ˈkɪp lɪŋ /

noun

(Joseph) Rudyard 1865–1936, English author: Nobel Prize 1907.

Kipling British

/ ˈkɪplɪŋ /

noun

( Joseph ) Rudyard (ˈrʌdjəd). 1865–1936, English poet, short-story writer, and novelist, born in India. His works include Barrack-Room Ballads (1892), the two Jungle Books (1894, 1895), Stalky and Co (1899), Kim (1901), and the Just So Stories (1902): Nobel prize for literature 1907

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Paul Kipling, who lives on Heol Berry, said there was "no group as such yet", but residents wanted to come together "to try and stop the blasting".

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Priestly is heard asking her colleague Nigel Kipling, played by Stanley Tucci.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

Rudyard Kipling was honored at a dinner at the club on April 2, 1898, where guests enjoyed beef fillet and lamb medallions alongside Chateau Mouton Rothschild, 1882 vintage, according to a menu preserved there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

Richard Kipling loved his sweet 1926 Spanish-style house in the Altadena area of Los Angeles.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025

“What’s your poison?” the civilian with a penchant for Kipling asked Queenie genially.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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