Orton

[awrt-n]

noun

JoeJohn Kingsley Orton, 1933–67, English playwright.

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Orton Hippisley might have boasted of kisses he did not get, but not of the slaps that he did.
In a Little Town
Rupert Hughes
She and Orton rode home in a hack and she cried all the way.
In a Little Town
Rupert Hughes
But it was all right, because they were going to get married when Orton learned how to earn some money.
In a Little Town
Rupert Hughes
I am indebted to Mr. Orton for a letter on the same subject.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.
Charles Darwin
The foregoing are the most important of Mr. Orton's statements.
The Principles of Breeding
S. L. Goodale

British Dictionary definitions for orton

Orton

noun

Joe (Kingsley). 1933–67, British dramatist, noted for his black comedies: these include Entertaining Mr Sloane (1964), Loot (1966), and What the Butler Saw (1969)

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