Doolittle

American

[doo-lit-l] / ˈduˌlɪt l /

noun

Hilda H.D., 1886–1961, U.S. poet.
James Harold, 1896–1993, U.S. aviator and general.

Doolittle British

/ ˈduːlɪtəl /

noun

Hilda. known as H.D. 1886–1961, US imagist poet and novelist, living in Europe

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General Jimmy Doolittle, told Miller that “your organization is the greatest morale builder” in the entire conflict, “next to a letter from home.”

From The Wall Street Journal

A behavioral economist might say Doolittle is making sophisticated use of precommitment, the technique of acting in advance to make an unwanted choice impossible.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms Montgomery was starring as Eliza Doolittle in a school production of My Fair Lady.

From BBC

In my senior year I was Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But Dr. Doolittle is eccentric and, of course, fiction.

From Salon

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