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Tom Sawyer

American  

noun

  1. (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer )a novel (1876) by Mark Twain.


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Now the site "stands on the threshold of a new epoch", said Tom Sawyer, chief executive of Milford Haven Port Authority.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024

Fantasmic featured fire, fountains of water and projections of classic Disney characters in a show performed on Tom Sawyer Island along the Rivers of America.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2023

They are views of plain wooden slats, inspired by an episode in the novel where Tom Sawyer needs to whitewash a fence.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2022

House Democratic Leader Tom Sawyer issued a statement urging Coleman to resign and calling his arrest “extremely disturbing.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2021

But apparently he got something out of Tom Sawyer, even if he didn't read it or write the paper on Mark Twain.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan