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Admiral Dewey

noun

A United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War. Synonyms: Dewey, George Dewey.

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"Admiral dewey" Quotes from Famous Books

... the dime into his coat pocket he told the man that one of the birds was named Admiral Dewey and the other Napoleon Bonaparte. The groceryman agreed that these names were good enough names for anybody, but he thought he'd change Bonaparte's name to Teddy Roosevelt, as being easier to pronounce, and ...

— Dickey Downy - The Autobiography of a Bird • Virginia Sharpe Patterson

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... little scheme that worked so easy I had to quit it. You see that bottle of blue ink on the table? I tattooed an anchor on the back of my hand and went to a bank and told 'em I was Admiral Dewey's nephew. They offered to cash my draft on him for a thousand, but I didn't know my uncle's first name. It shows, though, what an easy town it is. As for burglars, they won't go in a house now unless there's a hot supper ready and a few college students to wait on 'em. ...

— Strictly Business • O. Henry

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