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- proper noun A patronymic
surname .
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Examples
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Ritson and McTaggart had a pistol, a shotgun, and several maps in their possession.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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In August, an associate of Zagaria gave Ritson $2,500 to murder a drug dealer who had begun cooperating with police.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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Two New South Wales police officers, Brendan Ritson and Tyrone Stacey, have been charged with the unlawful disclosure of information after an incident at Surry Hills police station in September 2006.
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For several months Danny had been switching cars with Keith Ritson as a tactic to avoid detection.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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Lawyers for Ritson say they intend to launch an appeal.
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In the Downing Centre Local Court yesterday, constables Tyrone Stacey and Brendan Ritson were sentenced to 125 hours community service for unlawfully disclosing the sensitive information to a man in the cells.
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There's a dinner at 165 instigated by Edward, Duke of Kent Blake Ritson, who wants to influence a Daily Mail editor against Edward VIII's history-making infatuation with American-born divorcee Wallis Simpson.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Upstairs Downstairs Makes Sparkling PBS Return David Finkle 2011
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Created in homage to 19th-century publican Will Ritson – who persuaded his customers that the local Wasdale Valley turnips grew big enough to house sheep in – it sees fibbers from far and wide recounting tall tales.
Enchanted Woodland | Crunch 2011 | The World's Biggest Liar Competition 2011
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There's a dinner at 165 instigated by Edward, Duke of Kent Blake Ritson, who wants to influence a Daily Mail editor against Edward VIII's history-making infatuation with American-born divorcee Wallis Simpson.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Upstairs Downstairs Makes Sparkling PBS Return David Finkle 2011
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The liars' competition began in the 19th century as a tribute to local pub landlord Will Ritson, whose famous fibs included tales of turnips so big that local farmers carved them out to make cow sheds.
Honestly, This Part of England Has the World's Biggest Liars Alistair MacDonald 2011
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