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Bartlett

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Bart·lett  (bärtlt)
n.
A widely grown variety of pear with yellowish skin and soft, juicy white flesh, eaten fresh or often canned.
[After Enoch Bartlett (1779-1860).]
Bartlett, John 1820-1905.
American publisher and editor who compiled Familiar Quotations (1855) and a Shakespearean concordance (1894).
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Noun1.Bartlett - United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
Captain Bob, Robert Abram Bartlett, Robert Bartlett
2.Bartlett - United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905)
John Bartlett
3.Bartlettbartlett - juicy yellow pear
bartlett pear
pear - sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
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"Any nook does for me," Miss Bartlett continued; "but it does seem hard that you shouldn't have a view.
A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context
I am quite benumbed; for the Notch is just like the pipe of a great pair of bellows; it has blown a terrible blast in my face all the way from Bartlett.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
I am quite benumbed; for the Notch is just like the pipe of a great pair of bellows; it has blown a terrible blast in my face all the way from Bartlett.
The Great Carbuncle by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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