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Liston   /lˈɪstən/   Listen
Liston

noun
1.
United States prizefighter who lost his world heavyweight championship to Cassius Clay in 1964 (1932-1970).  Synonyms: Charles Liston, Sonny Liston.






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"Liston" Quotes from Famous Books



... on Robertson's shelves, and bought it, and it was I who after reading this book opened in the three most important Australian colonies the question of the taxation of land values. An article I wrote went into The Register, and Mr. Liston, of Kapunda, read it, and spoke of it at a farmers' meeting. I had then a commission from The Sydney Morning Herald to write on any important subject, and I wrote on this. It appeared, like a previous article ...
— An Autobiography • Catherine Helen Spence

... and drunk the night before; which night before was at Godwin's, where we went, at a short summons from Mr. G., to play a solitary rubber, which was interrupted by the entrance of Mr. and little Mrs. Liston; and after them came Henry Robinson, who is now domesticated at Mr. Godwin's fireside, and likely to become a formidable rival to Tommy Turner. We finished there at twelve o'clock (Charles and Liston brim-full of gin and water and snuff): after which Henry Robinson spent a long evening by our ...
— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Vol. 5 • Edited by E. V. Lucas

... alone, but sheriff Gordon and his, with whom he was not less intimate, Lord Murray and his wife, Sir William Allan and his niece, Lord Robertson with his wonderful Scotch mimicries, and Peter Fraser with his enchanting Scotch songs; our excellent friend Liston the surgeon, until his fatal illness came in December 1848, being seldom absent from those assembled to bid such visitors welcome. Allan's name may remind me of other artists often at his house, Eastlakes, Leslies, Friths, and Wards, besides those who have had frequent mention, and ...
— The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete • John Forster

... speech! But, Liston, whether I'm mayor or not, you must suffer some. This stealing from entries is a most pernicious crime, and one against which our respectable fellow-citizens can scarcely guard. Two-thirds of our citizens hang their hats and coats in entries, and we must protect their hats and coats. We, therefore, ...
— Diary in America, Series One • Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)



Words linked to "Liston" :   gladiator, prizefighter



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