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Bentley, Edmund Clerihew

Pronunciation: /ˈbɛntli/

Definition of Bentley, Edmund Clerihew

(1875–1956), English journalist and novelist, inventor of the comic verse form, the clerihew.

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offing

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noun

the more distant part of the sea in view …

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