Motherwell

[ muhth-er-wel, -wuhl ]

noun

1. Robert, 1915–91, U.S. painter.
2. an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland.

Motherwell

/ ˈmʌðəwəl /

noun

1. a town in S central Scotland, the administrative centre of North Lanarkshire on the River Clyde: industrial centre. Pop: 30 311 (2001)

Example Sentences

At the Guggenheim, Robert Motherwell's collages depend on patterns by others.

From The Daily Beast

Motherwell is inclined to think this an Irish ballad, though popular in Scotland.

From Project Gutenberg

The variations in recited copies are numerous: some specimens are given by Motherwell, p. xlv.

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Kinloch's copy may be found with Maidment's fragment, in the Appendix to this volume: Motherwell's immediately after the present.

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In his introduction to Henderson's Proverbs, Motherwell relates a humorous anecdote in connection with this proverb.

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The quarrel becoming warm, ended by Motherwell's friend excitedly handing the other (as he thought) his card.

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