Irving, Washington

Cultural  

1. A nineteenth-century American author. “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle” are two of his best-known works.

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Example Sentences

When Washington Irving did grow monotonous, he could reverse the order and sign Irving Washington until that grew monotonous.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

“Either one. We figure that Washington Irving and Irving Washington are one man and that he’s using two names just to throw us off the track. That’s done very often you know.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Irving, Washington, 7, 181, 222;  Rip Van Winkle, 181;  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 181.

From A Manual of the Art of Fiction by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker

Irving, Washington, iv, 218; vi, 316; John J. Astor and, xi, 221; on the Jews, viii, 207; quoted, i, 293.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Hubbard, Elbert

Irving, Washington, 66, 71, 72, 76, 83, 86, 89.

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)