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Boris Karloff

Definition: Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Noun

1. United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Boris Karloff" is a common misspelling or typo for: bars , boorish , boric .


Synonyms: Boris Karloff

Synonyms: Karloff (n), William Henry Pratt (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Boris Karloff

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Boris Karloff (November 23, 1887 - February 2, 1969), born William Henry Pratt, was a famous actor in horror films. Born in London and educated at London University, Karloff's first goal in life was to become a diplomat, but instead he fell into acting. In 1908, he travelled to Canada and the USA, changing his name to something more in keeping with his new vocation. He made several silent films, before appearing as the Monster in Frankenstein, 1931. From then on, Karloff was in dozens of films, many of them sub-par horror flicks. He is also well known for providing the voice to the cartoon version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1965).

He departed from the horror genre only a few times, once in the 1934 film, The Lost Patrol, and a few times on stage - for example, as Captain Hook in Peter Pan (1951). In the 1968 film, Targets, he parodied his earlier career.

He was a cousin of Quentin Crisp.

After battling emphysema for a number of years, Boris Karloff died from its complications at his home in Midhurst, Sussex, England on February 2, 1969 at the age of 81. He was interred in the Mount Cemetery in Guildford, Surrey, England.

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Modern Usage: Boris Karloff

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Starring Boris Karloff (1949)

Boris Karloff Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer (1949)

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Commercial Usage: Boris Karloff

DomainTitle

Books

  • Boris Karloff presents more tales of the frightened (reference)

  • Sinister Serials of Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney, Jr. (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Boris Karloff

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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85

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boris karloff frankenstein

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boris karloff thriller

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Anagrams: Boris Karloff

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-f-f-i-k-l-o-o-r-r-s"

-4 letters: boffolas, boiloffs, kilobars.

-5 letters: bailors, barrios, boffola, boiloff, kaffirs, karroos, kilobar, kolbasi, ooralis, robalos, sororal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Boris Karloff


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 6F 72 69 73      4B 61 72 6C 6F 66 66

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01101111 01110010 01101001 01110011 00100000 01001011 01100001 01110010 01101100 01101111 01100110 01100110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#111 &#114 &#105 &#115 &#32 &#75 &#97 &#114 &#108 &#111 &#102 &#102

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 006F 0072 0069 0073      004B 0061 0072 006C 006F 0066 0066

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3681847585245678478817272

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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