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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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And the much-loved leads - Tucci as Miranda's creative director, Nigel Kipling, and Hathaway as Andy Sachs who returns to Runway as its new features editor, are sharp in their portrayals.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

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

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

As the most lavish hotel East of Suez, it hosted literary heroes like Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad and Somerset Maugham.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Kipling and his wife, Alison Sowden, were out of town Jan. 8 when they heard about the Eaton fire and texted their neighbor that morning.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025

If only they would read a little Dickens or Kipling they would soon discover there was more to life than cheating people and watching television.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

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