Word info

Wheatcroft

Proper noun

Meaning

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

(uncountable) A placename:
A hamlet in Crich parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3457).

A city in Webster County, Kentucky, United States.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

During a 1946 season at the Haymarket the King and Queen attended a performance, "Court Circular", The Times, 12 April 1946, p. 7 which, as the journalist Geoffrey Wheatcroft put it, gave the play "a final accolade of respectability." Source: Internet

Paula Louise Wheatcroft, 36, of Oakdene Avenue, Huncoat, pleaded guilty to assault by beating. Source: Internet

Wheatcroft (2003) p. 73. In modern times The dhimma and the jizya poll tax are no longer imposed in Muslim majority countries. Source: Internet

The number of prisoners throughout the Russian Empire, which had peaked at 116,376 in 1893, fell by over a third to a record low of 75,009 in January 1905, chiefly because of several mass amnesties granted by the Tsar; Wheatcroft, SG (2002). Source: Internet

With the scam uncovered, Ms. Wheatcroft was still curious. Source: Internet

Wheatcroft often looks people in the eye when he talks, a force of habit from when he could see. Source: Internet

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