Ogden
[awg-duh n, og-]
- Charles Kay,1889–1957, British psychologist and linguist, inventor of Basic English.
- a city in N Utah.
- a male given name.
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Contemporary Examples
The 21-year-old was crowned Miss Utah on October 27, 2012, at the Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts in Ogden, Utah.
And the city of Ogden, Utah, is launching a 54-foot, remote-controlled “crime-fighting blimp” with a powerful surveillance camera.
Local Cops Ready for War With Homeland Security-Funded Military WeaponsAndrew Becker, G. W. Schulz
December 21, 2011
Ogden, Jane, et al. “Understanding the Role of Life Events in Weight Loss and Weight Gain.”
In July, 800 people demonstrated on behalf of public-school teachers in Ogden, Utah.
Historical Examples
And Ogden Minot he pays me to be stevedore aboard his house yonder.
Fair HarborJoseph Crosby Lincoln
Cahoon,' says he, 'this is Mr. Ogden Minot; his folks hailed from Bayport.
Fair HarborJoseph Crosby Lincoln
"I told Ogden so last time he was down," continued Mr. Cahoon.
Fair HarborJoseph Crosby Lincoln
Ogden could rent it out but he couldn't sell it; that was the pickle he was in.
Fair HarborJoseph Crosby Lincoln
You see, young Ogden was the General's grandson and he'd had the property left him.
Fair HarborJoseph Crosby Lincoln
Ogden
- C (harles) K (ay). 1889–1957, English linguist, who, with I. A. Richards, devised Basic English
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