Langtry
Americannoun
noun
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Come the 1920s, when shares in Wilde were on the rise again, Langtry is said to have kept an empty chair at her Monaco dinner table “in memory of dear Oscar.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Avalanche, co-founded by ex-Blue Origin engineers Riordan and Robin Langtry, entered the race to fusion in 2018 and has patented a new lunchbox-sized fusion reactor dubbed “Orbitron.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2022
King had discovered the Murphys while researching Porter and his wife, Linda Lee Thomas, for “Island of the Mad”; reading about the Murphys, she came across Langtry, who lived in Monaco at the same time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2020
Before we gaze upon Mrs. Langtry and other such Alcatraz plants with names, Beary displays the earliest known photograph of the Rock.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2018
Mrs. Langtry was at Prince of Wales', May 29, 1882.
From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Thomas T. Harman
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