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Costain

American  
[kos-tayn] / ˈkɒs teɪn /

noun

  1. Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.


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She worked for Costain as a civil engineer and became a British citizen in 2024.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025

The difficult terrain, plus a dispute with contractor Costain, meant the project has gone more than £100m over budget.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2021

Martin has also listed Maurice Druon and Thomas B. Costain as models, two mid-20th-century historical novelists who wrote about medieval France, and you can see echoes of that material in his fictional universe, as well.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2012

Predator Costain, everyone's favoured bet, then said it wasn't the bidder, setting tongues wagging.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2011

Tired of "all the Arthurian tripe about the Holy Grail," Novelist Costain has written his own version of what happened to the cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper.

From Time Magazine Archive

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