Sankey

/ ˈsæŋkɪ /

noun

SankeyIra David18401908MUSRELIGION: evangelistRELIGION: hymnodist Ira David. 1840–1908, US evangelist and hymnodist, noted for his revivalist campaigns in Britain and the US with D. L. Moody

The oldest man in the train service didn't pretend to say how long Sankey had worked for the company.

They actually did make it Sankey; and that's how our oldest conductor came to bear the name of the famous singer.

But during the last moments Georgia Sinclair stepped up to the booth and cast a storm of votes for old man Sankey.

Doton's friends and Stewart's laughed at first, but Sankey's votes kept pouring in amazingly.

Sankey took the lantern by a thousand votes, but I understood it cost Georgie and his friends a pot of money.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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