Sid
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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New adverts, reminiscent of the "Tell Sid" campaign of the 1980s, which encouraged people to invest in the newly privatised British Gas.
From BBC
On “Your Show of Shows” and other sketch programs, Sid Caesar mined a comic vein that seemed, in its time, inexhaustible.
Sid Caesar never became a movie star, which is a pity, for at its best his comedy ranks among the very highest.
As the columnist Dorothy Kilgallen wrote during his prime: “Sid Caesar is the greatest living comedian, with nobody a close second.”
But it never happened, and today, fair to say, nobody under 60 has seen Sid Caesar at his best, and it is likely that not many even know his name.
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