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Dempsey   /dˈɛmpsi/   Listen
Dempsey

noun
1.
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983).  Synonyms: Jack Dempsey, Manassa Mauler, William Harrison Dempsey.






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"Dempsey" Quotes from Famous Books



... department stores, coal mines, butcher shops, the police force and banks, there's guys which can sing as well as Caruso, lead a band better than Sousa, stand Dempsey on his ear, show Rockefeller how to make money or teach Chaplin some new falls. Yet these birds go through life on eighteen dollars every Saturday with prospects, and never get their names in the papers unless they get caught in a trolley smash-up. They're like a guy with the ice cream concession ...
— Alex the Great • H. C. Witwer



Words linked to "Dempsey" :   Jack Dempsey, prizefighter, gladiator, William Harrison Dempsey



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