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- proper noun A
village andcivil parish inLeicestershire ,England . - proper noun A
surname .
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Examples
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CONAN: ... where Spencer Tracy stars as Frank Skeffington.
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CONAN: ... where Spencer Tracy stars as Frank Skeffington.
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As a young lawyer fresh out of Notre Dame law school, Moynihan would come into work "looking like he'd been mugged," with cuts over his eyes from a rugby game the night before, says James J. Skeffington, a partner at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge law firm in Providence.
Bank of America's Moynihan says challenges just starting 2010
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Yet, while he played hard, he'd also work longer hours than many of his colleagues, Skeffington says.
Bank of America's Moynihan says challenges just starting 2010
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In between gardens and grassy knolls stood the colleges, with the gothic cathedral bulk of the Skeffington Library dominating the far end.
TOO MANY MURDERS Colleen McCullough 2009
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Everytime I hear or see Romney, he reminds me of the idiot who beat Skeffington (Spencer Tracy) in "The Last Hurrah."
Romney: USA Should Withdraw From UN Human Rights Council ��� America Already Boycotts It 2009
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But the Kennedys had descended on the district with their money and celebrity, and Skeffington was a marked man.
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"I don't know what he stands for," said student Coda Skeffington-Vos, 20.
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“If I were betrothed to Clotworthy Skeffington, the second son of a footman would seem a glittering prize in comparison,” she pronounced.
The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee 2007
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"An old friend of ours, what we've known since Skeffington Road Mixed Infants," he said.
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