Trevor Nunn

/ (ˌtrɛvə ˈnʌn) /

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British informal a university degree graded 2:1 (second class upper bracket)Often shortened to: Trevor

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Word Origin for Trevor Nunn

C20: from rhyming slang, after Trevor Nunn (born 1940), British theatre director

Words nearby Trevor Nunn

Trèves, Trevino, Treviso, Trevithick, Trevor, Trevor Nunn, Trevor-Roper, trews, T. rex, trey, trez-tine

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Example sentences from the Web for Trevor Nunn

CEO-turned-candidate David Perdue swept past Democrat Michelle Nunn, 55 percent to 42 percent.
Georgia Democrats Fall Hard|Patricia Murphy|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Neither Michelle Nunn nor David Perdue, the two major Senate candidates in Georgia, talk about criminal justice reform.
Why Isn’t Prison Justice on the Ballot This Tuesday?|Inimai Chettiar, Abigail Finkelman|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Those efforts have been led by 20-year-old Trevor Finney of Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, also known as Trevor Austin.
FinnaRage Wants You to Rage at Its Parties. So What if It Ends Up a Riot?|Melanie Plenda|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Georgia, RealClearPolitics has Michelle Nunn up literally 0.4 percent over David Perdue, 46.0 to 45.6.
How This Election Could Go to January|Michael Tomasky|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

So why does Democrat Michelle Nunn look like she might have him on the ropes?
The GOP’s Really Big Problem in Georgia|Patricia Murphy|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mrs. Trevor told me your destination was Exeter; and I suppose nothing but truth can proceed from a pretty mouth.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)|Edward Gibbon
With Mrs Trevor and her daughter, religion was not a system but a habit—not a theory but a continued act of life.
Eric, or Little by Little|Frederic W. Farrar
Mrs Trevor and Fanny, themselves filled with grief, still used all their unselfish endeavours to comfort their dear boys.
Eric, or Little by Little|Frederic W. Farrar
The chiefs, in retiring from the conference, took with them Captain Trevor as a hostage.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
The only difference was that Trevor listened without any of the scepticism which Milton had displayed on hearing it.
The Gold Bat|P. G. Wodehouse

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