Lloyd
Americannoun
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Welsh Legend. Llwyd.
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Harold (Clayton) 1894–1971, U.S. actor.
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(John) Selwyn (Brooke) 1904–78, British statesman.
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a male given name: from a Welsh word meaning “gray.”
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Clive ( Hubert ). born 1944, West Indian (Guyanese) cricketer; played in 110 tests (1966–84), scoring 7,515 runs; captained the West Indies in 74 tests and to two World Cup wins (1975, 1979)
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Harold ( Clayton ). 1893–1971, US comic film actor
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Marie, real name Matilda Alice Victoria Wood. 1870–1922, English music-hall entertainer
Example Sentences
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All-British pairing Lloyd Glasspool and Julian Cash were the top seeds in Melbourne, but suffered a shock defeat in the second round.
From BBC
Great Britain's men's doubles top seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool got their title bid off to a winning start with a straight-set victory.
From BBC
And my arms and legs were still aching from the heavy sugarloaf I carried all the way from Mr. Lloyd’s general store.
From Literature
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As with Frank Lloyd Wright, another creative genius, some of Gehry’s buildings have encountered engineering and maintenance challenges.
A shadow fleet of vessels that transports this sanctioned oil has ballooned to a fifth of global deadweight tonnage, data from maritime journal Lloyd’s List shows.
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