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Burnett

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Bur·nett  (bûr-nt, bûrnt), Frances Eliza Hodgson 1849-1924.
British-born American writer famous for her popular children's books, especially Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), whose priggish title character dressed in black velvet with ruffled lace collars and sported long golden curls.
Burnett [bɜːˈnɛt]
n
(Biographies / Burnett, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924) M, USnational of birth: English, WRITING: novelist) Frances Hodgson (ˈhɒdʒsən). 1849-1924, US novelist, born in England; author of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886) and The Secret Garden (1911)
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Noun1.BurnettBurnett - United States writer (born in England) remembered for her novels for children (1849-1924)
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett, Frances Hodgson Burnett


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