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Todd

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Todd [tɒd]
n
(Biographies / Todd, Alexander Robertus (1907-1997) M, Scottish, SCIENCE: chemist) Baron Alexander Robertus. 1907-97, Scottish chemist, noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids: Nobel prize for chemistry 1957
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Noun1.Todd - Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907)
Lord Todd, Sir Alexander Robertus Todd
2.Todd - fictional character in a play by George Pitt; a barber who murdered his customers
Sweeney Todd


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This would be all the more telling, as hospitable Todd is entertaining in Lord Falconroy, the famous traveller, a true-blooded aristocrat fresh from England's oak-groves.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
In the company of this gentleman they visited all the principal theatres of the metropolis; knew the names of all the actors from Drury Lane to Sadler's Wells; and performed, indeed, many of the plays to the Todd family and their youthful friends, with West's famous characters, on their pasteboard theatre.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
Todd is right about your looking too particular, yesterday, all in white.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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