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- proper noun A patronymic
surname .
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Thus, the BNP operations centre in Belfast, which was run by Dowson, is no longer available.
Diary Hugh Muir 2010
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But now that things are getting sticky, Dowson is moving on, it seems.
Diary Hugh Muir 2010
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Sounds were the important things for Dowson, which is essentially the Swinburne echo.
Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Marsden Hartley
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Only a sensible motherly curiosity, such as Dowson's could have made discoveries, but a rare question put by the child at long intervals sometimes threw a faint light.
The Head of the House of Coombe Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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Others have been watching him grow as a player and I'm not worried about playing him out of his favoured position.8 Phil Dowson Northampton A really clever guy who thinks the team's way through games, much as an alternative captain should.
Saracens and Northampton at the core of Premiership team of the year | Shaun Edwards 2011
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What about Dowson, Saull and Robshaw - when are they going to get a go?
Five questions for England ahead of the Six Nations | Paul Rees 2011
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Stand-off Ryan Lamb was the pick of a Saints side which dominated the first-half, scoring tries through Phil Dowson, Tom Wood and Jamie Elliott, two of which Lamb converted.
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Sale trailed 18-9 shortly after half-time in the match but came back to win, with Northampton at one stage reduced to 13 men after the captain, Phil Dowson, and the flanker Calum Clark were sent to the sin-bin.
Sale Sharks' Steve Diamond receives 12-week suspended ban 2011
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England will announce their starting XV on Thursday, with Ben Morgan pushing Phil Dowson hard for the No8 jersey.
Six Nations 2012: England keep faith with Charlie Hodgson 2012
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Instead, in the pages of "North: The Amazing Story of Arctic Migration" Candlewick, 53 pages, $16.99 , author Nick Dowson invites 7- to 12-year-olds to wonder at the desolate splendor of the northern realms and to marvel at the mystery of migration that draws millions of creatures there from across the globe every summer.
Finding True North, Chasing Elusive Bigfoot Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011
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