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Corbett   /kˈɔrbɪt/   Listen
Corbett

noun
1.
United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933).  Synonyms: Gentleman Jim, James John Corbett, Jim Corbett.





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"Corbett" Quotes from Famous Books



... ourselves, the cats, and the hen from our grub bag. I invariably insisted that our drivers travel as long as there was light, which at this season lasted until after eight o'clock, and we pushed on until we came to Corbett's Bite, a place that also rejoices in the name of New York, the same having been facetiously bestowed upon it by some fisherman wag, because four small huts had been collected there ...
— The Lure of the Labrador Wild • Dillon Wallace
... Foreman Corbett and twenty men to night duty," Tom answered. "The motor boat will also be out to-night. We'll have every bit of the wall ...
— The Young Engineers on the Gulf - The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater • H. Irving Hancock


Words linked to "Corbett" :   Jim Corbett, gladiator, prizefighter


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