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  • "You know at Yale they called him 'Foghorn' Harwood, and they put him in front to lead the cheering at all the big games."

    A Hoosier Chronicle Meredith Nicholson 1906

  • By studying his audiences he caught the trick of holding the attention of large crowds; his old college sobriquet of "Foghorn" Harwood had been revived and the newspapers mentioned his engagements with a casualness that implied fame.

    A Hoosier Chronicle Meredith Nicholson 1906

  • His big booming voice, recognizable above the din in all 'varsity demonstrations, earned for him the sobriquet of "Foghorn" Harwood.

    A Hoosier Chronicle Meredith Nicholson 1906

  • The annual Las Vegas Cowboys 'Reunions drew rodeo celebrities like Tex Austin, "Foghorn" O'Malley, "Prairie Rose Henderson, and Jim Shoulders, but the Reunions also attracted many artists and writers who came and produced works for or about the Reunions.

    Museum Blogs 2009

  • Foghorn Leghorn held up his iPhone and pressed a button.

    Parents Behaving Badly Scott Gummer 2011

  • Walking through the bowels of the arena, Ben felt a bout of explosive diarrhea brewing until he spotted Foghorn Leghorn and the Chicken Hawk.

    Parents Behaving Badly Scott Gummer 2011

  • Btw, is it true New Hampshire's very own Sen. Gregg has been taking elocution lessons from Foghorn Leghorn?

    Vitter defends Southern influence in GOP, slams Voinovich 2009

  • Tóuche, the Chicken Hawk, and Foghorn Leghorn took seats in the reception area that Ben had arranged but never actually used.

    Parents Behaving Badly Scott Gummer 2011

  • [Foghorn] “I could be wrong, ah say, I could be wrong, Son.”

    ‘Be afwaid! Be vewy, vewy afwaid!’ 2009

  • A heavy rap pounded three times, clearly Foghorn Leghorn, but Ben ignored it.

    Parents Behaving Badly Scott Gummer 2011

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