Corbett

[ kawr-bit ]

/ ˈkɔr bɪt /

noun

James JohnGentleman Jim,1866–1933, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1892–97.

Example sentences from the Web for corbett

The three—Lichtblau, Risen, and Corbett—were an unlikely combination.

Secret Keepers and Secret Spillers: Spooks and the Press in Post-9/11 America |Stuart Stevens |June 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Accusations have flown that Corbett played politics with the case of the predatory animal.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s Shameful Lawsuit Over Penn State |Buzz Bissinger |January 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Corbett has sued the NCAA over penalties the association handed the school in the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse tragedy.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s Shameful Lawsuit Over Penn State |Buzz Bissinger |January 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
A man at the hotel wanted to bet that Corbett would knock out Jeffries.

The New Pun Book |Thomas A. Brown and Thomas Joseph Carey

Why, you overgrown Venusian ape, Mrs. Corbett gave you dinner less than an hour ago!

On the Trail of the Space Pirates |Carey Rockwell
And that brick house with the broken window was where "Slats" Corbett, former lieutenant of Tom's gang, had lived.

Tom Slade with the Colors |Percy K. Fitzhugh
Ask Corbett to send an artist to talk costumes for a period play at eleven-thirty, and have Gerald Height here at twelve sharp.

Blue-grass and Broadway |Maria Thompson Daviess
My heart stopped beating as suddenly as though Mr. Corbett had hit it with his closed fist.

My Buried Treasure |Richard Harding Davis

British Dictionary definitions for corbett

Corbett

/ (ˈkɔːbət) /

noun

mountaineering any separate mountain peak between 2500 feet and 3000 feet high: originally used of Scotland only, but now sometimes extended to other parts of the British Isles

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Corbett

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Example sentences from the Web for corbett

British Dictionary definitions for corbett

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