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Tibbett

American  
[tib-it] / ˈtɪb ɪt /

noun

  1. Lawrence (Mervil) 1896–1960, U.S. baritone.


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Lawrence Tibbett, in his day a heartthrob American baritone, acted in several films in the 1930s and turned to Broadway in the 1950s, after his opera career had started to wind down.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2017

Wayne Tibbett, 27, says the dog he adopted from an animal shelter in New York, where he currently lives, is not a trained service dog but serves as an emotional support animal.

From Washington Times • Mar. 8, 2015

Arthur Crowe and his pal George Tibbett were having a drink in a Blackfriars pub with a German pal when an ice-cream man called Brambani sauntered in.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2014

And that led, at his suggestion, to the Tibbett Diner, which still had its Christmas lights up, with candy canes dangling from the wires.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2013

She said she didn’t think she’d known more than three girls on the train—Martha Farrar, Tippie Tibbett, and Eleanor somebody, whom she’d met years ago, in her boarding-school days, at Exeter or someplace.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

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