Lubbock

[ luhb-uh k ]

/ ˈlʌb ək /

Sir John, 1st Baron Avebury,1834–1913, English author, natural scientist, and statesman.

a city in NW Texas.

Example sentences from the Web for lubbock

Scott Pelley, a Texan who began his career at a station in Lubbock, is the opposite of a celebrity journalist.

Katie Couric Plots CBS Exit |Howard Kurtz |March 25, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
As recently as January 27 this year, a FedEx ATR crashed on landing at Lubbock, Texas, in a freezing mist.

Behind the Buffalo Crash |Clive Irving |February 13, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Darwin made a strong case for the monkeys, but Lubbock may yet make us out to be, as Irishmen say, 'The sons of our ants.'

Animal Intelligence |George J. Romanes
Lubbock in his "Origin of Civilization" recognized this "communal marriage" as a historical fact.

The Origin of the Family Private Property and the State |Frederick Engels

The works of Lyell and Lubbock are too elaborate and too expensive to meet the popular need.

A Manual of the Antiquity of Man |J. P. MacLean
I knew Lubbock personally during his long membership of the House of Commons.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914 |Various
Lubbock, who was at that time in bad health, died a few days later.

Terry's Texas Rangers |Leonidas B. Giles

Lubbock

/ (ˈlʌbək) /

a city in NW Texas: cotton market. Pop: 206 481 (2003 est)