Whittaker
[hwit-uh-ker, wit-]
- Charles Evans,1901–73, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1957–62.
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Examples from the Web for whittaker
Contemporary Examples
I worked hardest and longest—seven to eight years—on my biography of Whittaker Chambers, and I learned the most doing it.
As Whittaker Chambers remarked in Witness: [W]hen I took up my little sling and aimed at Communism, I also hit something else.
Whittaker eventually gave away more than $50 million to almost anyone who would ask.
One night Whittaker was drugged at a strip club and someone stole $2,000 from his car.
Historical Examples
He wanted to know if we'd got this year's taxes on the Whittaker place.
Cy Whittaker's PlaceJoseph C. Lincoln
The "depot hill" is not as high as Whittaker's Hill, but the view is almost as extensive.
Cy Whittaker's PlaceJoseph C. Lincoln
By that time the Whittaker place'll be a worse disgrace than 'tis now.
Cy Whittaker's PlaceJoseph C. Lincoln
What do you s'pose I care for my well-bein' when there's—Cap'n Whittaker, you tell me now!
Cy Whittaker's PlaceJoseph C. Lincoln
It was pitiful to see the erstwhile Whittaker majority melt away.
Cy Whittaker's PlaceJoseph C. Lincoln