Walcott
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Derek, 1930–2017, West Indian poet and playwright: Nobel Prize 1992.
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Joe Arnold CreamJersey Joe, 1914–94, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1951–52.
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Derek ( Alton ). born 1930, St Lucian poet and playwright, whose works include the poetry collections In a Green Night (1962) and The Bounty (1997), the play The Dream on Monkey Mountain (1967), and the long poem Omeros (1990): Nobel prize for literature 1992
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Jersey Joe, real name Arnold Raymond Cream. 1914–94, US boxer: world heavyweight champion 1951–52
Example Sentences
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"I had the day off so I was on the golf course... and I got the phone call," Walcott told Arsenal's website.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Walcott was not the only uncapped teenager in Eriksson's 2006 England squad.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Probably the most surprising selection in any England squad for a major tournament was when Sven-Goran Eriksson called up 17-year-old Arsenal forward Theo Walcott for the 2006 World Cup.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
With a below-par Rooney and no Owen, that ‘gamble’ to bring Walcott came even more under the spotlight at the expense of the more experienced cover option of Defoe.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Sergeant Walcott from Bravo Company was sergeant of the guard, and he gave us a pep talk.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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