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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- William
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- noun United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962)
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Neither her historical novel "Perkin Warbeck" (1830), nor her latest fiction, "Falkner" (1837), has much claim to remembrance; but "Lodore" (1835) is remarkable for being, as Professor Dowden was the first to discern, a veiled autobiography.
Biography in the DNB 2010
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You may not be able to do it with the kind of deep immersion somebody who grew up in that culture can -- one of the real joys about cristalia coming on board for Shadow Unit is how much easier it's getting to make Falkner properly Jewish -- but you can at least try not to make a dog's breakfast or a blaxsploitation film out of it.
i should have read your letters kenscholes 2009
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Besides being on hand to judge the competition, San Francisco pastry chef Elizabeth Falkner of Orson and Citizen Cake & Ice Cream Parlor, was found at the products fair showing off a wicked cool piece of equipment that she designed with Unified Brands.
Regina Varolli: The Sweet Side of StarChefs.com International Chefs Congress Regina Varolli 2011
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Rebecca Hunt, 36, of Falkner, in northeast Mississippi, said she and her husband voted for the amendment, and she had a pro-amendment sign on her lawn.
Abortion Measure Defeated; Parties Split Governor Races Cameron McWhirter 2011
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Falkner used the new Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Table to make chocolate ice cream sundaes in minutes, sharing sweet samples with the crowd.
Regina Varolli: The Sweet Side of StarChefs.com International Chefs Congress Regina Varolli 2011
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Sue Falkner, Congratulations to you lady and I'm glad you fell in love with the sport!!!!!!!
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Sue Falkner enjoyed her first season of bowhunting only last year.
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Elizabeth Falkner - Coming into the competition, this San Francisco chef was an underdog because of her pastry background.
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Sue Falkner, Congratulations to you lady and I'm glad you fell in love with the sport!!!!!!!
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Rebecca Hunt, 36 years old, of Falkner, in northeast Mississippi, said she and her husband voted for the amendment, and she had a pro-amendment sign on her lawn.
Anti-Abortion Measure Defeated in Mississippi Cameron McWhirter 2011
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