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Leighton

[ leyt-n ]

noun

  1. Frederick Baron Leighton of Stretton, 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.


Leighton

/ ˈleɪtən /

noun

  1. LeightonFrederic18301896MBritishARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor Frederic, 1st Baron Leighton of Stretton. 1830–96, British painter and sculptor of classical subjects: president of the Royal Academy (1878)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Leighton develops forecasting models and investigates rapid intensification of hurricanes.

Leighton is what happens when you grow up acting like a Gossip Girl character while suppressing everything about yourself that doesn’t fit the Blair Waldorf mold.

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Miller was told her daughter, whom Miller had named Leighton, would be stillborn.

And Leighton Meester pens feminist essay on 'Of Mice and Men.'

It was founded by an artists' collective that included John Singer Sargent, Walter Leighton Clark, and Edmund Greacen.

Of course, Blair (Leighton Meester) chose Chuck (Ed Westwick) but Chuck first rejected her and then, we think, he was all into it.

In thisPg 89 church is a remarkable altar fresco which was executed by the late Lord Leighton.

We found the enemy posted at Town Creek, four miles beyond Leighton.

The cottage is all furnished, Mrs. Leighton says, and we would only have to bring bedding and towels, and things of that sort.

The Leighton cottage was a rambling structure, suggesting a series of architectural after-thoughts.

That retort was sent almost verbatim, only one slight change made necessary by a turn of phrase in Leighton's weak apology!

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