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Wyndham

[ win-duhm ]

noun

  1. John John Benyon Harris, 1903–69, British science-fiction writer.


Wyndham

/ ˈwɪndəm /

noun

  1. WyndhamJohn19031969MBritishWRITING: science-fiction writer John, pseudonym of John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris . 1903–69, British writer of science fiction novels and stories. His works include The Day of the Triffids (1951), The Kraken Wakes (1953), and The Midwich Cuckoos (1957)


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For instance, Wyndham has a partnership with American, Avianca, United and Frontier where it awards one mile per dollar spent on qualified stays.

There were many small creeks to cross, but Wyndham reached Columbia at eight o'clock.

Fanny Wyndham was above the usual height; but she did not look tall, for her figure was well-formed and round, and her bust full.

Enough on this small Wyndham matter; which is nearly altogether English, but in which Friedrich too has his indefeasible property.

Among other discoverers and navigators Captain Wyndham merits notice, having opened up a trade with the coast of Guinea.

In 1856 she was married to Mr. H. Wyndham Phillips, a celebrated artist, who has been dead some years.

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