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Osborne

[oz-bern, ‑bawrn, ‑bohrn]

noun

  1. John (James), 1929–94, English playwright.

  2. Thomas Mott, 1859–1926, U.S. prison reformer.



Osborne

/ -ˌbɔːn, ˈɒzbən /

noun

  1. John ( James ). 1929–94, British dramatist. His plays include Look Back in Anger (1956), containing the prototype of the angry young man, Jimmy Porter, The Entertainer (1957), and Inadmissible Evidence (1964)

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