Gordon Bennett
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Gordon Bennett expressing surprise, incredulity, or exasperation. The word is probably an alteration of gorblimey, after James
Gordon Bennett (1841–1918), American publisher and sports sponsor.
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 "Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)")
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Gordon bennett! Dictionary backs community's belief
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 10/24/2007; 655 words
; ...suggesting the expression had been inspired by James Gordon Bennett (1841-1918) - a US publisher, editor and sponsor of sporting...substitution for Gorblimey". The publisher's father, James Gordon Bennett sen, was born in Banffshire in 1792 and...
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Gordon Bennett, all is explained
Newspaper article from: Yorkshire Post; 10/19/2007; 443 words
; ...includes the phrase: "He stretched and yawned. Gordon Bennett, he wasn't half tired." The original James Gordon Bennett (1841-1918), was a US publisher, editor, and sponsor...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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GORDON BENNETT! . . . and the true origins of those well worn sayings.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/4/2003; 700+ words
; ...explanations behind your favourite expressions. VANESSA JOLLY selects 'the pick of the bunch'- Gordon Bennett! JAMES Gordon Bennett (1841-1918) was editor-in-chief of the New York Herald. He lived a wild lifestyle and was notorious for...
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Gordon Bennett ... He'sfrom the north-east! Well, Gordon Bennett!
Newspaper article from: Aberdeen Evening Express; 10/24/2007; 458 words
; Well, Gordon Bennett! Who would have thought...gorblimey" was inspired by James Gordon Bennett, US publisher, who lived from 1841 until 1918. His father, also James Gordon Bennett, was born at Newmill...
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 "Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)")
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Your question answered?(Features)
Newspaper article from: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England); 10/6/2003; 700+ words
; Last week we asked who was Gordon Bennett. It's one of those questions where there are...answers, so here are just a selection. American James Gordon Bennett (1841-1918) was editor of the New York Herald. He was also...
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The questions of the age... and the man with all the answers
Newspaper article from: Yorkshire Post; 10/19/2005; 700+ words
; ...Staff. Instead of swearing, some people say "Gordon Bennett". Did he exist and, if so, who was he? James Gordon Bennett (1841-1918) was an American newspaper proprietor who was...
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 "Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Send it to Sue; HE STRIPPED OFF IN THE SURGERY!(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 5/18/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...all the rage. WHO was behind the exclamation "Gordon Bennett"? - Alan Johnstone, Glasgow. PRESS baron James Gordon Bennett (1841-1918), who was famous in the United States for his...
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William Bradford and the royal touch.(Biography)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...London in May 1871 with two paintings commissioned by James Ashbury (1834--1895), an English yachtsman...the flamboyant proprietor of the New York Herald, James Gordon Bennett (1841--1918). From a starting line off Gaunt Head, Ireland...
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 "The People (London, England)")
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Voice of the People: All singing, all dancing Full Monty on why we say things we say.. but Mum's the word; Phrases we all use.. but what exactly do they mean.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The People (London, England); 2/26/2006; 700+ words
; ...but it later came to mean nothing of value. GORDON BENNETT! Exclamation of shock. The original James Gordon Bennett II (1841-1918) was a colourful character. One of his many...
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Tiffany's buffalo hunt loving cup.(Biography)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...created at the request of the newspaper mogul James Gordon Bennett Jr. (1841-1918). (1) The three-foot tall, six-light candelabra...would assume that this exuberant object, like Bennett's candelabra, was a special commission. However...
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James Gordon Bennett
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
James Gordon Bennett 1841-1918, American newspaper proprietor, b. New York City; son of James Gordon Bennett . Educated mostly in France, he took over (1867) from...
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James Gordon Bennett Jr
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
James Gordon Bennett Jr. James Gordon Bennett, Jr. (1841-1918), American newspaper owner and editor, contributed to journalistic innovations and created a legend of personal authority and enterprise. On May 10, 1841, James Gordon Bennett...
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Gordon Bennett
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Gordon Bennett expressing surprise, incredulity, or exasperation. The word is probably an alteration of gorblimey, after James Gordon Bennett (1841–1918), American publisher and sports sponsor.
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New York Herald
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
...1835–1966), founded by James Gordon Bennett (1795–1872) as a penny daily of...coverage, a policy further extended by the younger James Gordon Bennett (1841–1918) when he succeeded to the editorship (1872...
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Journalism
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...the most sustained commercial success. Editor James Gordon Bennett (1841–1918), unlike most newspaper proprietors of the day...magazine and a Whig party campaign paper, and in 1841 launched his own penny paper, the New York Tribune...
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