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Pickford   /pˈɪkfərd/   Listen
Pickford

noun
1.
United States film actress (born in Canada) who starred in silent films (1893-1979).  Synonyms: Gladys Smith, Mary Pickford.



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"Pickford" Quotes from Famous Books



... East Moriches in company with three children and a cat in a basket, eyed him with a curiosity that she made no attempt to conceal. Two girls in a neighbouring seat leaned forward eagerly to hear all. This was because one of them had told the other that Elizabeth was Mary Pickford. Her companion was sceptical, but nevertheless ...
— Uneasy Money • P.G. Wodehouse

... that what was good for man might also be good for the horse, and the fact has been proved. Messrs. Pickford, the eminent carriers, in their hospital for horses at Finchley, have had a bath in operation over eleven years, and find the horses derive great benefit from its use. The bath is put in operation three days a week, and is administered to over twenty horses in this time. The value of the bath having ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. • Various

... beautiful, wild, impetuous, that Mary Pickford made her reputation as a motion picture actress. How love acts upon a temperament such as hers—a temperament that makes a woman an angel or an outcast, according to the character of the man she loves—is the theme ...
— With Hoops of Steel • Florence Finch Kelly

... roses for Mrs. Hogan and to buy a box for Daddy Long Legs at the Strand, for whenever he got a new case he always made it the occasion for a family party, and he wanted the children to benefit by passing an evening under the sweet influence of Miss Pickford. ...
— By Advice of Counsel • Arthur Train



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