Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: crawford
IPA transcription: [kɹ'ɔfɚd]
Pronunciations of crawford
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Crawford, Joan_Crawford
    Meaning: United States film actress (1908-1977)
  • Synonyms: Crawford, Thomas_Crawford
    Meaning: United States neoclassical sculptor (1814-1857)
Usage examples
  • Leaning on the shattered stump of an old tree, he fixed his eyes on the far-stretching plain, which alone seemed to divide him from the venerable Sir Ronald Crawford and his youthful haunts at Ayr.
  • Sir Thomas had been quite indifferent to Mr. Crawford's going or staying: but his good wishes for Mr. Yates's having a pleasant journey, as he walked with him to the hall-door, were given with genuine satisfaction.
  • Had it not been for that interior spur which kept his clear spirit at its task, his schools could have done little for him; for, counting his attendance under Riney and Hazel in Kentucky, and under Dorsey, Crawford, and Swaney in Indiana, it amounted to less than a year in all.
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