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Ferguson ___ ( 1971 Cy Young award winner )
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jenkins
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Jenkins is a surname that originated in Cornwall , England, but came to be popular in southern Wales. The name "Jenkin" originally meant "little John" or "son of John". The "kin" portion is of Dutch origin ( -kijn ), which then gained a certain popularity ...
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jenkins \Jen"kins\, n. A name of contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social or official life; as, the Jenkins employed by a newspaper. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.] --G. W. Curtis.
Usage examples of jenkins.
In the robot Jenkins, first introduced in this story, one comes to know a character which for thousands of years has been a puppish favourite.
If he crossed the room to the television booth, he could put in a call, talk with his mother or one of the robots-or, better yet, just sit and look at the place until Jenkins came for him.
It was Jenkins, the light from the fireplace flickering on his shining metal hide.
Following Jenkins, Grant climbed the stairs to bed, but as they passed a partially opened door a voice hailed them.
On stockinged feet, Grant crossed to the table where Jenkins had placed his pack.
Waiting for the snicker of the signal that would tell him Jenkins was calling to report on Joe.
There had been a robot named Jenkins who had served the family from the very first.
Of the ones that went before me, the ones that Jenkins waited on from their day of birth to the hour of death.
But Jenkins had stayed on because he was an old and faithful servant, because Webster House would not have been home without him.
The robots needed no lights, for they could see in darkness, even as Jenkins could have seen, had he but chosen to do so.
The Dogs think of men as websters, while Jenkins still thinks of them with the capital W.
And in this Tige sees a deliberate conspiracy of forgetfulness, perhaps not so altruistic as Jenkins makes it sound, to save Doggish dignity.
No going back to find out about the things that Jenkins talked about-the things that might be truth or twisted memory warped by seven thousand years.
And dream- But the dreams of men, said Jenkins, talking to himself- the dreams of men are gone.
As he opened it, the squirrel came bounding in, a grey streak that leaped for Jenkins and landed in his lap.