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Drinkwater

[ dringk-waw-ter, -wot-er ]

noun

  1. John, 1882–1937, English poet, playwright, and critic.


Drinkwater

/ ˈdrɪŋkˌwɔːtə /

noun

  1. DrinkwaterJohn18821937MEnglishTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: poetWRITING: critic John. 1882–1937, English dramatist, poet, and critic; author of chronicle plays such as Abraham Lincoln (1918) and Mary Stuart (1921)
“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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Example Sentences

The wing's pacy break scattered the defence and some delightful handling sent Drinkwater in under the posts, before Ashton finished himself after a splendid Dufty break.

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Ian Brown, curator at the National Museum of Flight, thinks Winnie Drinkwater’s story could inspire young people interested in aviation if more people knew her story.

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One of the first female commercial airline pilots was a Scot - yet few will have even heard of aviation pioneer Winnie Drinkwater.

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In 1930, at age 17, Winnie Drinkwater started taking flying lessons.

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The University of Bristol team, led by Professor Bruce Drinkwater and Professor Anthony Croxford, developed approach was used to review a long steel pipe with multiple defects, including circular holes with different sizes, a crack-like defect and pits, through a designed inspection path to achieve 100% detection coverage for a defined reference defect.

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