Erskine
Americannoun
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John Erskine of Carnock, 1695–1768, Scottish writer on law.
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John, 1879–1951, U.S. novelist, poet, and essayist.
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a male given name.
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Example Sentences
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So the conventions set out in the parliamentary bible Erskine May, which have long clipped the wings of debate about the monarch and their family, didn't apply to Mountbatten-Windsor.
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Erskine May, the guide to parliamentary procedure first published in 1844, says MPs should not put a question before Parliament which "casts reflections upon the sovereign or the Royal Family".
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After the war, Lamond worked on the railways and later lived at the McKellar House in Renfrewshire, run by the Erskine veterans' charity.
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The new welding centre will be operated by Rolls Royce in partnership with Strathclyde University and marine engineering firm Malin which is developing a new Scottish Marine Technology Park at Old Kirkpatrick, close to the Erskine Bridge.
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Dr Tom Allen, sports engineering expert at Manchester Metropolitan University and University of Canterbury Visiting Erskine Fellow, agrees that while the shoes offer gains in running economy, the impact of the shoes on jumping events is "likely to be small or negligible".
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