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Lyttelton

British  
/ ˈlɪtəltən /

noun

  1. Humphrey. 1921–2008, British jazz trumpeter and band leader who influenced the British revival of New Orleans jazz

"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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The script is finely calibrated if not always plausible — Lyttelton does a good job of tying up threads, so that unexplained actions eventually make some sense and what has been fuzzy comes into focus.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2022

Cryer had a brief stint sharing the role of chairman with Humphrey Lyttelton before becoming a regular member of the panel with Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2022

On Tuesday night, the "Billions" star attended the National Theatre’s "A Poet for Every Day of the Year" event held at London’s Lyttelton Theatre where he read a poem on stage after mentioning McCrory’s "thunder."

From Fox News • Jan. 27, 2022

About eight months after the Oyang 70 sank, its replacement, the Oyang 75, arrived at Lyttelton Port in New Zealand.

From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2019

Pitt, who was almost as ignorant of finance as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, attacked him with vigour, but Lyttelton replied effectively.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose

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