Orr

[ awr ]

/ ɔr /

noun

Sir John Boyd. Boyd Orr, Sir John.

Robert GordonBobby, born 1948, Canadian ice-hockey player.

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Examples from the Web for orr

Snyder and Orr went ahead anyway, under the authority of the emergency management law.
The Republican Occupation of Detroit|Sally Kohn|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Orr filed for bankruptcy because he got nowhere in his direct negotiations with creditors.
Detroit’s Bankruptcy Raises Questions That Go Far Beyond the City Limits|Stephen D. Eide|July 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Orr's emergency budget does manage to be balanced next year, thanks to some pretty aggressive cost cutting.
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Annandale as he spoke looked so abject that Orr feared that he might go to pieces there and then.
The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident|Edgar Saltus

At once she asked Orr to arrange for her a visit to Annandale in the Tombs.
The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident|Edgar Saltus
In the fulfillment of the duties of his present position Mr. Orr will doubtless add honorably to the reputation he now enjoys.
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Mrs. Orr says that he owned pictures by all the artists mentioned here.
Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning|Robert Browning
Do you see my friends, Mr. Orr and Rev. Willson, now-a-days?
The Underground Railroad|William Still

British Dictionary definitions for orr

Orr

/ (ɔː) /

noun

Robert Gordon, known as Bobby . born 1948, Canadian ice-hockey player

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