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Pinter

American

[pin-ter] / ˈpɪn tər /

noun

Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.

Pinter British

/ ˈpɪntə /

noun

Harold. 1930–2008, English dramatist. His plays, such as The Caretaker (1959), The Homecoming (1964), No Man's Land (1974), Moonlight (1993), and Celebration (2000), are noted for their equivocal and halting dialogue: Nobel prize for literature 2005

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Other Word Forms

Pinteresque adjective

Example Sentences

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They all may as well have sprung from the combined neo-gothic conjurings of Edward Gorey and Harold Pinter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Stefan Pinter, the union head at OKD's CSM mine, blamed "a decline in the use of fossil fuels and coal prices which make mining unprofitable".

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

They will portray the star-crossed lovers on stage at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London from March 2026, as first reported by US outlet Deadline.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

The best actor nominees include Andrew Scott for a one-man “Vanya” at the Duke of York’s Theater, and James Norton for his performance in “A Little Life” at the Harold Pinter Theater.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2024

I do hope Harold Pinter knows about all this, by the way; who would have thought the pause had such a long and significant history?

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

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