Definitions
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- proper noun A male
given name . - noun An
improvised skit of a particular format.
Etymologies
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Examples
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[HAROLD turns up his eyes, and points downwards] Dry up, Harold!
Complete Plays of John Galsworthy John Galsworthy 1900
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Across the photo, in handwriting she knows to be hers, is the name Harold.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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Across the photo, in handwriting she knows to be hers, is the name Harold.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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I've decided to stick with one term - molecular gastronomy - for both the scientific, technological and practical parts of "science enabled cooking" (a term Harold McGee uses in The Fat Duck Cookbook - I think that's a good term).
blog.khymos.org 2009
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Working one-on-one with Stroth gave him intensive training in long-form improv, the medium championed by Close and ImprovOlympic through what they call the Harold, a fixed framework for improv that alternates between games and recurring scenes.
Chicago Reader 2009
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After we broke up, I called Harold Brown, the secretary of defense—a good man—and made my case.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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After we broke up, I called Harold Brown, the secretary of defense—a good man—and made my case.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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After we broke up, I called Harold Brown, the secretary of defense—a good man—and made my case.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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I almost wrote in Harold Ford in the 2008 presidential election, since Obama was too pro-choice for me to stomach.
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Ummm … and people are just now discovering Harold is clueless?
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