Carson
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Christopher Kit, 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
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Sir Edward Henry Baron Carson, 1854–1935, Irish public official.
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Johnny, 1925–2005, U.S. television entertainer.
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Rachel Louise, 1907–1964, U.S. marine biologist and author.
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a city in SW California.
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a river in N California and NW Nevada, flowing NE to the Carson Sink. 150 miles (241 km) long.
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a male or female given name.
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Christopher, known as Kit Carson. 1809–68, US frontiersman, trapper, scout, and Indian agent
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Edward Henry, Baron. 1854–1935, Anglo-Irish politician and lawyer; led northern Irish resistance to the British government's plan for home rule for Ireland
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Rachel ( Louise ). 1907–64, US marine biologist and science writer; author of Silent Spring (1962)
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Willie, full name William Hunter Fisher Carson. born 1942, Scottish jockey: rode four winners in the Derby (1979, 1980, 1989, 1994)
Example Sentences
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South Hills 4, Bonita 0: Carson Baker threw a four-hitter with five strikeouts for South Hills.
From Los Angeles Times
Sometimes I was Daniel Boone; then there would be spells of Davy Crockett, Kit Carson, the Last of the Mohicans, and Tarzan of the Apes.
From Literature
But Carson points out that Warsh also sees inflated asset prices as a symptom of too-easy monetary policy, which he says may pose a challenge to Wall Street.
From Barron's
But Carson points out that Warsh also sees inflated asset prices as a symptom of too-easy monetary policy, which he says may pose a challenge to Wall Street.
From Barron's
The preseason scouting report on senior catcher Carson Sheffer of Oaks Christian was that he’s an elite defensive player with an electric arm.
From Los Angeles Times
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