thurl
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of thurl
Origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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No word on whether Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has reached out to Davis the way he did to rookie Thurl Bailey of the Utah Jazz after James Worthy — another goggles guy — inadvertently scratched Bailey’s cornea during a game in 1984.
From Los Angeles Times
Boris Karloff provides narration, with additional voices by Thurl Ravenscroft and June Foray.
From Los Angeles Times
“You can’t ignore the Jazz,” said Thurl Bailey, the Salt Lake City mainstay and sage who played here from 1983 to 1991 and in 1999.
From Washington Post
We all know that Boris Karloff performs the entire story, but did you know that the man who sings “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” Thurl Ravenscroft, was the original voice of Tony the Tiger?
From Los Angeles Times
The singing pumpkins, currently working from a range of 11 synchronized tunes, borrow from tricks made to generate the crooning marble busts — the undead Mellomen, including bass singer Thurl Ravenscroft, voice of Tony the Tiger, and in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” the singer of “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” — in Disney World’s Haunted Mansion, singing “Grim Grinning Ghosts.”
From Washington Times
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