Thurber

[ thur-ber ]

/ ˈθɜr bər /

noun

James (Gro·ver)

[groh-ver] /ˈgroʊ vər/,1894–1961, U.S. writer, caricaturist, and illustrator.

Example sentences from the Web for thurber

As Kenney launched into the work, a humorous declamation from Thurber, one of them interrupted with a criticism.

Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National Lampoon |Robert Sam Anson |March 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
While Clancy has obviously sold more books that Thurber, only one of them is in the Modern Library.

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The little black-headed snowbird, Thurber's junco, is the most common of all the Tahoe birds.

The Lake of the Sky |George Wharton James
I had again been for a load of salt, returning with a four-horse team, and had reached Thurber when my son William R. overtook me.

Memoirs of John R. Young |John Young

No one was with him except Mrs. Cleveland and his private secretary, Mr. Thurber, who is also one of my church.

T. De Witt Talmage |T. De Witt Talmage
My next meeting with the men who looked so kindly after the "cohabs" was at Thurber.

Memoirs of John R. Young |John Young
Thurber has a drug department, and advertises them at 'a grocer's profit.'

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British Dictionary definitions for thurber

Thurber

/ (ˈθɜːbə) /

noun

James (Grover). 1894–1961, US humorist and illustrator. He contributed drawings and stories to the New Yorker and his books include Is Sex Necessary? (1929), written with E. B. White

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Thurber

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British Dictionary definitions for thurber

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