Pinkerton

[ ping-ker-tuh n ]

/ ˈpɪŋ kər tən /

noun

Allan,1819–84, U.S. detective, born in Scotland.

Example sentences from the Web for pinkerton

From a season spent embedded with the New York Jets to a biography of a self-mythologizing Pinkerton detective.

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This allowed him to deliver actual Confederate documents to Pinkerton, along with his observations.

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“I guess you know more about this wreck than I do, Mr. Pinkerton,” said he.

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"Forty-five thousand dollars," said Pinkerton: his voice was like a ghost's and tottered with emotion.

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It was then called “The banks of Helicon;” an old poem which Pinkerton has brought to light.

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On the last day of the old year Pinkerton became ill, and we put him to bed.

Under the Red Crescent |Charles S. Ryan
Sunday came, and Mrs. Pinkerton expressed the hope that we were to attend divine service together.

That Mother-in-Law of Mine |Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for pinkerton

Pinkerton

/ (ˈpɪŋkətən) /

noun

Allan. 1819–84, US private detective, born in Scotland. He founded the first detective agency in the US (1850) and organized an intelligence system for the Federal States of America (1861)

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Pinkerton

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