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Selfridge

American  
[sel-frij] / ˈsɛl frɪdʒ /

noun

  1. Harry Gordon, 1857?–1947, British retail merchant, born in the U.S.


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“He’s a local celebrity now,” said Shelli Selfridge, a clerk at a convenience store where one of Bradshaw’s flowers graces the pavement and his legal problems are a frequent topic of conversation.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 26, 2025

At Michigan’s Selfridge Air Force Base — renamed the Selfridge Air National Guard Base in 1971 — he handled public relations and advertising.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2025

Selfridge noted the president’s history of personal loss, including the death of his first wife and infant daughter and, later, an adult son.

From Seattle Times Sep. 18, 2022

The class went first to Selfridge Army Air Field in Michigan for combat training, and was sent overseas in December.

From New York Times Jan. 16, 2022

“So Selfridge, that lightweight, pukes” Rex Reese was saying.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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