frank : Idioms & Phrases


angus frank johnstone wilson

  • noun English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)
    Wilson; Sir Angus Wilson.
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cecil frank powell

  • noun English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969)
    Powell.
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frank baum

  • noun United States writer of children's books (1856-1919)
    Frank Baum; Baum.
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frank breech

  • noun position of a fetus in which the buttocks are present at the maternal pelvic outlet
    frank breech.
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frank breech delivery

  • noun position of a fetus in which the buttocks are present at the maternal pelvic outlet
    frank breech.
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frank capra

  • noun United States film maker (1897-1991)
    Capra.
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frank cooper

  • noun United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961)
    Gary Cooper; Cooper.
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frank harris

  • noun Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931)
    Harris; James Thomas Harris.
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frank lloyd wright

  • noun influential United States architect (1869-1959)
    Wright.
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frank morrison spillane

  • noun United States writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918)
    Spillane; Mickey Spillane.
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frank norris

  • noun United States writer (1870-1902)
    Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr.; Norris.
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frank philip stella

  • noun United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
    Stella; Frank Philip Stella.
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frank sinatra

  • noun United States singer and film actor (1915-1998)
    Sinatra; Francis Albert Sinatra.
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frank stella

  • noun United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
    Stella; Frank Philip Stella.
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frank stockton

  • noun United States writer (1834-1902)
    Francis Richard Stockton; Stockton.
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frank whittle

  • noun English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
    Whittle; Frank Whittle.
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frank winfield woolworth

  • noun United States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of stores (1852-1919)
    Woolworth.
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frank-chase

Frank"-chase` noun
Etymology
Frank free + chase.
Definitions
  1. (Eng. Law) The liberty or franchise of having a chase; free chase. Burrill.
Webster 1913

frank-fee

Frank"-fee` noun
Etymology
Frank free + fee.
Definitions
  1. (Eng. Law) A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold. Burrill.
Webster 1913

frank-law

Frank"-law` noun
Etymology
Frank free + law.
Definitions
  1. (Eng. Law) The liberty of being sworn in courts, as a juror or witness; one of the ancient privileges of a freeman; free and common law; -- an obsolete expression signifying substantially the same as the American expression civil rights. Abbot.
Webster 1913

frank-marriage

Frank"-mar"riage noun
Etymology
Frank free + marriage.
Definitions
  1. (Eng. Law) A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten. Obs. Blackstone.
Webster 1913

franking machine

  • noun a machine that automatically stamps letters or packages passing through it and computes the total charge
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lyman frank brown

  • noun United States writer of children's books (1856-1919)
    Frank Baum; Baum.
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salian frank

  • noun a member of the tribe of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century AD
    Salian.
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sir frank whittle

  • noun English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
    Whittle; Frank Whittle.
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stanley frank musial

  • noun United States baseball player (born in 1920)
    Stan Musial; Musial; Stan the Man.
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willard frank libby

  • noun United States chemist who developed a method of radiocarbon dating (1908-1980)
    Libby.
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