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Carlton

American  
[kahrl-tuhn] / ˈkɑrl tən /

noun

  1. Stephen Norman SteveLefty, born 1944, U.S. baseball player.

  2. a male given name.


Carlton British  
/ ˈkɑːltən /

noun

  1. a town in N central England, in S Nottinghamshire. Pop: 48 493 (2001)

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Stoke were leading 1-0 at West Ham when Andy Griffin slipped, allowing Carlton Cole to equalise for the Hammers.

From BBC

Many point out perks such as the reciprocal rights they enjoy at establishments such as the Sloane Club, Reform Club and Carlton Club in London, as well as the Metropolitan Club in New York, among dozens of others around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The introduction of this technology, of horses, changed Great Plains cultures,” says Carlton Shield Chief Gover, a member of the Pawnee Nation and an archaeologist at the Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

From Science Magazine

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 – which established a process for museums and other institutions that receive federal funds to collaborate with tribes in returning stolen sacred objects – was a key early step in establishing some measure of trust and communication, said Carlton Shield Chief Gover, a study author who is a citizen of the Pawnee Nation and an Indiana University archaeologist.

From Seattle Times

Carlton Huffman, the man who accused Conservative Political Action Coalition President Matt Schlapp of unwanted sexual advances, is now refuting charges that he sexually attacked two young women he lived with in Raleigh, North Carolina.

From Washington Times