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Liston   /lˈɪstən/   Listen
Liston

noun
1.
United States prizefighter who lost his world heavyweight championship to Cassius Clay in 1964 (1932-1970).  Synonyms: Charles Liston, Sonny Liston.






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"Liston" Quotes from Famous Books



... renowned professor of singing, Senor Manuel Garcia, made those famous "Observations on the Human Voice," communicated to the Royal Society by Dr. Sharpey, on May the 24th, 1855. Similar attempts had been made before; for instance, in 1827 by Babington, in 1838 by Baumes, in 1840 by Liston, and in 1844 by Warden and Avery. But they had all ended in failure, an occasional glimpse of some parts of the voicebox being the only result obtained. Garcia, however, brilliantly succeeded where all ...
— The Mechanism of the Human Voice • Emil Behnke

... and all ages made his appearance, and soon joined them. This was one of those circulating, unsettled vagabonds, whom, like scum, society, whether agitated or not, is always sure to throw on the surface. The comical miscreant no sooner made his appearance than, like Liston, when coming on the stage, he was greeted with a general roar ...
— The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One • William Carleton

... he would not have been sorry to come to an end of it. Ah, my dear friends and intelligent British public, are there not others who are melancholy under a mask of gayety, and who, in the midst of crowds, are lonely? Liston was a most melancholy man; Grimaldi had feelings; and there are others I wot of:—but psha!—let us ...
— Burlesques • William Makepeace Thackeray



Words linked to "Liston" :   gladiator, Charles Liston, prizefighter



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