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Toombs

American  
[toomz] / tumz /

noun

  1. Robert, 1810–85, U.S. lawyer, orator, and Confederate statesman and army officer.


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In the shop, officially designated as Madame Leota’s Somewhere Beyond, hangs a portrait of Toombs in her Haunted Mansion guise.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

But Toombs said leaders would go back to the bargaining table if members reject the tentative agreement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2024

The union’s president, Charles Toombs, said he hoped that the university would return to the bargaining table so the strike could be averted.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024

Charles Toombs, president of the California Faculty Association, which is backing the California State University students’ unionization efforts, said it is unacceptable that some student workers struggle to make ends meet.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

At a loss himself, Cobb would look at Toombs and see him intently conning his Jefferson.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin

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