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Saint Leger

British  
/ ˈlɛdʒə /

noun

  1. an annual horse race run at Doncaster since 1776: one of the classics of the flat-racing season

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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My brother, Don Hubert Saint Leger, is still a prisoner in the hands of your countrymen.

From The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer by John Williamson

“God grant that it may be so,” responded Mrs Saint Leger.

From The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer by John Williamson

“I tell you, Cap’n Saint Leger, you might ha’ knocked me down with a rope-yarn, I was that astonished—for the voice was the voice of George Moore, and no other.

From The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" by William Heysham Overend

Was it possible that Richard Saint Leger had actually chosen so unlikely a spot as the interior of his sword-belt in which to hide the important document?

From The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" by William Heysham Overend

The village of Lukabela—so named after its chief—did not favourably impress George Saint Leger, when the little party presently reached it.

From The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer by John Williamson

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