McBain

Proper noun

Meaning

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

A minor city in Missaukee County, Michigan, United States, founded by John McBain.

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Examples

As McBain noted, the university has several programs intended to foster inclusivity. Source: Internet

The Labor candidate, former Bega mayor Kristy McBain, won on the back of solid support around her home base on the NSW South Coast. Source: Internet

I also have a fair amount of novels by Ed McBain, Nelson DeMille, Ross Macdonald, Dashiell Hammett, Lawrence Block, James Lee Burke, Michael Connelly, and Elmore Leonard. Source: Internet

A traditional mystery may feature either a professional or an amateur detective (but not, as a rule, a private detective) but is not a police procedural where the emphasis is on police work (Ed McBain). Source: Internet

“Merely Hate” by Ed McBain: When a string of Muslim cabdrivers are killed, and the evidence points to another ethnic group, the detectives of the 87th Precinct must hunt down a killer before the city explodes in violence. Source: Internet

However, being McBain he can’t let things go and gets dragged further and further into his own private cesspool of misery. Source: Internet

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