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Peterson

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Pe·ter·son  (ptr-sn), Oscar Emmanuel 1925-2007.
Canadian jazz pianist. A prolific recording artist noted for his technical skill, he is best known for work produced with his own trio.
Peterson, Roger Tory 1908-1996.
American ornithologist and artist noted for his bird paintings and guidebooks.
Peterson [ˈpiːtəsən]
n
(Biographies / Peterson, Oscar (Emmanuel) (1925 M, Canadian, MUSIC: jazz pianist, MUSIC: singer) Oscar (Emmanuel). born 1925, Canadian jazz pianist and singer, who led his own trio from the early 1950s


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Got a wollopin' from Peterson most likely in the last town and then was shipped along with the bunch and left to die in the baggage car.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
Peterson had rushed forward to protect the stranger from his assailants; but the man, shocked at having broken the window, and seeing an official-looking person in uniform rushing towards him, dropped his goose, took to his heels, and vanished amid the labyrinth of small streets which lie at the back of Tottenham Court Road.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
, entitled A Whaling Voyage to Spitzbergen in the ship Jonas in the Whale, Peter Peterson of Friesland, master.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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