James Whitcomb Riley

  

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James Whitcomb Riley

Definition: James Whitcomb Riley

James Whitcomb Riley

Noun

1. United States poet (1849-1916).

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


Synonym: James Whitcomb Riley

Synonym: Riley (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: James Whitcomb Riley

DomainUsage

Clever

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these. (references; author: James Whitcomb Riley)

O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, when the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock. (references; author: James Whitcomb Riley)

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Commercial Usage: James Whitcomb Riley

DomainTitle

Books

  • Best Loved Poems of James Whitcomb Riley (reference)

  • The Best of James Whitcomb Riley (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Image Slideshow: James Whitcomb Riley

Illustrations:
James Whitcomb Riley

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Photo Album: James Whitcomb Riley

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

James Whitcomb Riley, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, with dog upon his lap, waving goodbye, on sidewalk in front of porch] / LCN. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Familiar Quotations: James Whitcomb Riley

AuthorQuotation

James Whitcomb Riley

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.
O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, when the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: James Whitcomb Riley

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
per Day

james whitcomb riley

38
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Anagrams: James Whitcomb Riley

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-h-i-i-j-l-m-m-o-r-s-t-w-y"

-5 letters: hemimetabolic.

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

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Alternative Orthography: James Whitcomb Riley


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

4A 61 6D 65 73      57 68 69 74 63 6F 6D 62      52 69 6C 65 79

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

        

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

01001010 01100001 01101101 01100101 01110011 00100000 01010111 01101000 01101001 01110100 01100011 01101111 01101101 01100010 00100000 01010010 01101001 01101100 01100101 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#97 &#109 &#101 &#115 &#32 &#87 &#104 &#105 &#116 &#99 &#111 &#109 &#98 &#32 &#82 &#105 &#108 &#101 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 0061 006D 0065 0073      0057 0068 0069 0074 0063 006F 006D 0062      0052 0069 006C 0065 0079

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

44677971852577475866981796825275787191

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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