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(Cotgrave); and to the same bird we owe the name Gleed, from a Scandinavian name for the bird
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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That's not the way — 'Gleed's protesting voice petered out.
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973
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Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer is the author of the short story collection Way Up (3rd prize Danuta Gleed Award) the novel, The Nettle Spinner (shortlisted for the 2005 Books in Canada/Amazon. ca First Novel Award).
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He is the author of three previous books including the critically acclaimed novel, After Battersea Park, a book of poetry, Here is my street, this tree I planted, and a collection of short stories, Verandah People, which was runner up for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award.
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Dennis Bocks first book of stories, Olympia, won the 1998 Canadian Authors Association Jubilee Award, the inaugural Danuta Gleed Award for best first collection of stories by a Canadian author and the British Betty Trask Award.
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Gleed-Owen has suggested that they are dumped pets that have since bred.
Archive 2006-04-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Gleed-Owen regards the possibility of native status for the Bournemouth lizards as ‘unlikely, but not impossible’.
Archive 2006-04-01 Darren Naish 2006
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When Miss Gleed stated that only two people knew of the hatbox in the attic, the police officer in Jill had objected.
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Miss Gleed was fluttery and girlish and silly but that did not make her stupid.
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Or the note to an otherwise obscure, bygone Miss Gleed from her (then) equally obscure acquaintance in Hampshire: a certain Miss Jane Austen.
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