Trevithick
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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It was one of the many inventions of father-of-six Trevithick but after a number of his business failings, he died penniless and in poverty aged 62 in 1833 and was buried in an unmarked grave.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024
"It's been very, very light with the calendar the past few weeks," said Natalie Trevithick, head of investment-grade credit at asset manager Payden & Rygel in Los Angeles.
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2023
Jennie Trevithick was being flown from the Isles of Scilly to have her baby at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro on 5 December.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2022
According to writer and defense expert Joseph Trevithick, the idea of a crop-duster converted into an attack aircraft—one like the Iomax Archangel—came out of these earlier uses.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2022
A guard of honour was appointed to attend him, and it was even proposed to erect a statue of Don Ricardo Trevithick in solid silver.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel
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