Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
osborne
IPA transcription: ['ɔzb,ɔɹn]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
Osborne, John_Osborne, John_James_Osborne
Meaning:
English playwright (1929-1994)
Usage examples
Mr. Osborne now spoke.
George Osborne is a capital fellow."
"Why, Miss Osborne, what can you do with them?" asked Haines, in surprise.
Not Miss Binny, she was too old and ill-tempered; Miss Osborne? too old too.
"Do they talk the language of flowers at Boggley Wollah, Sedley?" asked Osborne, laughing.
I expressed a liking for Mr. Francis Osborne's works, and asked him what he thought of that writer.
"You would not have listened to me," she said to Mr. Osborne (though she knew she was telling a fib), "had you heard Rebecca first."
"Lieutenant, there was nothing in those letters of value to you from a military standpoint, was there?" suddenly asked Miss Osborne.
"I give Miss Sharp warning, though," said Osborne, "that, right or wrong, I consider Miss Amelia Sedley the first singer in the world."
"Do as you please," replied Mr. Osborne, coldly; "I have seen no such Confederate; but if I had, I should have concealed him if I could.