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Irving

[ ur-ving ]

noun

  1. Sir Henry John Henry Brodribb, 1838–1905, English actor.
  2. John, born 1942, U.S.-Canadian novelist, born in the United States.
  3. Washington, 1783–1859, U.S. essayist, story writer, and historian.
  4. a city in northeastern Texas, near Dallas.
  5. a male given name.


Irving

/ ˈɜːɪŋ /

noun

  1. IrvingSir Henry18381905MEnglishTHEATRE: actorTHEATRE: theatre manager Sir Henry. real name John Henry Brodribb. 1838–1905, English actor and manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London (1878–1902)
  2. IrvingWashington17831859MUSWRITING: essayistWRITING: short-story writer Washington. 1783–1859, US essayist and short-story writer, noted for The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1820), which contains the stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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She was was married to Irving from 1947 until his death in 1979, moving out west with him after the war.

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Perhaps the most famous flub was committed by Yale economics professor Irving Fisher on Oct.

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He is listed under his real name as a director of To The Nines Ltd, along with his friend Mark Irving.

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But Irving left behind instructions to a dark hallway with an elevator at the end — the passage to Gemma.

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She’s lost this father figure in Irving and then she’s lost this brother figure because Dylan seems to have turned his back on her, at least in that episode.

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