Flannery
Proper noun
Meaning
A surname from Irish.
(bridge) A convention using a 2♦ opening bid to show a hand of minimal opening bid strength (11-15 high card points) with exactly four spades and five (or sometimes six) hearts.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
Edward Flannery describes antisemitism in ancient times as essentially "cultural, taking the shape of a national xenophobia played out in political settings."
Cr Flannery said he had not been aware that the July 2016 council submission to DNSPR had never been published.
It wasn’t until the Las Vegas Stars Manager, Tim Flannery, came over and asked, “Do you want my autograph?”
Indeed, according to Seamus Flannery in a subsequent documentary, director Robin Hardy surprised the cast by suddenly announcing midway through filming that they were making a "musical".
As for why I write, like Flannery O'Connor “I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say.”
But it is her invention of such a winning heroine as Flannery that will compel bookish types of all sexual orientations who recall the thrill and anguish of growing up to identify with her plights of passage.