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Ike   /aɪk/   Listen
Ike

noun
1.
United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961).  Synonyms: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower, President Eisenhower.






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"Ike" Quotes from Famous Books



... time, and that 'e 'ad a grudge against your man 'cause 'e laid 'im out in the coach-'ouse. Well, last night about ten o'clock in 'e comes into my bar, and the three bloodiest rogues in London at 'is 'eels. There was Red Ike, 'im that was warned off the ring 'cause 'e fought a cross with Bittoon; and there was Fightin' Yussef, who would sell 'is mother for a seven-shillin'-bit; the third was Chris McCarthy, who is a fogle-snatcher by trade, with a pitch outside the 'Aymarket Theatre. ...
— Rodney Stone • Arthur Conan Doyle

... Binivolent Assocyation come around an' ordher me to lay down me lemon squeezer an' bung starter an' walk out. But nawthin' iv th' kind iver happens an' if it did happen no wan wud care a sthraw. Th' whole wurruld shuddhers at th' thought that me frind Ike Simpson, the tillygraft op'rator, may take a day off: but me or Pierpont Morgan might quit f'r a year an' no wan wud care. Supposin' Rockyfellar an' Pierpont Morgan an' Jim Hill shud form a union, an' shud demand a raise iv a millyon dollars ...
— Mr. Dooley Says • Finley Dunne

... his telephone book; tracing his finger down the "H" column he came to "Ike Hummel, ...
— Thoroughbreds • W. A. Fraser

... is going to sleep there or not," said Mr, Kent sharply. "You tell Ike he can bunk in with the rest of the boys. He's no ...
— Jack Ranger's Western Trip - From Boarding School to Ranch and Range • Clarence Young

... all," remarked Trouble, while Janet was rubbing the big Persian cat and Ted was playing with the two dogs. "Uncle Toby nice man to have all nanimals 'ike dis!" and he looked around the room. Surely there were quite a number ...
— The Curlytops and Their Pets - or Uncle Toby's Strange Collection • Howard R. Garis

... thing hapened to-day you ever saw. after brekfast me and father took a walk and then went and set down on the big school steps. father was telling me some of the things he and Gim Melcher used to do. father must have been a ripper when he was young. well ennyway while we was talking old Ike Shute came along through the school yard. Ike wears specks and always carries a little basket on his arm. he cant see very well, and father said to me, now you jest keep still and you will see some fun and when Ike came along father changed his voice so that it sounded awfully growly and ...
— The Real Diary of a Real Boy • Henry A. Shute



Words linked to "Ike" :   Chief Executive, general, Dwight David Eisenhower, United States President, full general, Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower, President Eisenhower, President of the United States, president, Dwight D. Eisenhower



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