Crossword clues for kilroy
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
U.S. military graffito character, 1945, said to be either Sgt. Francis J. Kilroy Jr., U.S. Army Air Transport, whose friend or friends began writing his name everywhere as a prank; or war materiéls inspector James J. Kilroy of Quincy, Mass., who wrote "Kilroy was here" on everything he checked.
Wikipedia
Kilroy may refer to:
- Kilroy (surname)
- Dennis DeYoung, lead vocalist in the band Styx, also known by the nickname "Kilroy"
- Kilroy's College, a distance education school in Ireland
- Kilroy (TV series), a BBC day time chat show hosted by Robert Kilroy-Silk
- Kilroy International A/S, a European company specializing in travel-related youth products
Kilroy was a BBC One daytime chat show hosted by Robert Kilroy-Silk that began on 24 November 1986 and finished on 29 January 2004 after 17 years. The series was originally called Day to Day for the first two series, and renamed to Kilroy in September 1987.
Kilroy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alix Kilroy (1903–1999), one of the first two women to have entered the administrative grade of the British Civil Service by examination
- Bucko Kilroy (1921–2007), American football player and executive with the New England Patriots
- James Kilroy (politician) (1890–1954), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
- James J. Kilroy (1902-1962), assumed to be the origin of the " Kilroy was here" expression
- Joe Kilroy (born 1960), Australian rugby league player
- Mark J. Kilroy, University of Texas at Austin student who vanished in March 1989 on the streets of Matamoros, Mexico
- Mary Jo Kilroy (born 1949), American politician and U.S. Congresswoman from Ohio
- Matt Kilroy (1866–1940), American baseball player
- Matthew Kilroy, British Army murderer involved in the Boston Massacre
- Michael Kilroy, Irish politician and coach builder
- Mike Kilroy (1869–1960), former American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Shawn Kilroy (born 1964), retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- Thomas Kilroy (born 1934), Irish playwright and novelist
Usage examples of "kilroy".
More important to Steve Kilroy were the lighted windows in the corner of the mansion, just above the nearest flower bed.
CHAPTER II TO Steve Kilroy those two quick shots seemed widely spaced.
Of the several strangers present, all were stockholders in Associated Metallurgy, the company that had delegated Steve Kilroy to negotiate with Milton Treft regarding the purchase of a wonder-metal called alumite.
Cranston would have come here ahead of Steve Kilroy, not as himself, but as another personality known as The Shadow.
Exacting in every detail, Cranston still held to the premise that the locked store room must be considered empty all along, until proven otherwise, just as Steve Kilroy should be regarded innocent unless actual facts of his guilt could be established.
The limp was genuine enough, for it belonged to Steve Kilroy, who was glad enough to get out before anyone took a good look at his face.
After this, Steve Kilroy could say that he had seen everything - almost.
Steve Kilroy as a murderer, which is why I want to look for someone else.
The truck was hauling one of those very gyps in the person of Steve Kilroy, who was perched on the rear and hanging from one side.
Thus it formed a sort of room and it was from this room that Steve Kilroy had seen the chink of light.
At present, neither Talboy nor The Harlequin were conscious of the new arrival from the second floor: Steve Kilroy At a turn on a small landing, Steve had just reached the right position for a long lunge down the last half dozen steps, when things happened very fast.
CHAPTER X DURING the next four days the Sorber Greater Shows played to better business, which was a help, though not the sort Steve Kilroy wanted.
He was going where he could show himself as Steve Kilroy, on a mission that could produce his vindication.
Whipping from the road, The Harlequin piloted his borrowed car in between a pair of pillars and along a curving drive which reminded Steve Kilroy of two previous places combined.
Then they were on their way again, The Shadow and Steve Kilroy, straight to a door from which the servant had come.