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hurst

(hɜːst)
n
1. (Forestry) a wood
2. (Physical Geography) a sandbank
[Old English hyrst; related to Old High German hurst]
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Hurst, merely looked the gentleman; but his friend Mr.
Hurst and once with Miss Bingley, declined being introduced to any other lady, and spent the rest of the evening in walking about the room, speaking occasionally to one of his own party.
Smith, now in this neighbourhood (I have dined with him, at Hurst and Wilford), who is just come from Langford where he was a fortnight with her ladyship, and who is therefore well qualified to make the communication.
Eventually, the Hursts completely took over the company's operations.
FOR HOWARD HURST, FLOWERS have meant more to his family than just business.
MRS Todhunter has been the Hursts' landlady since the married couple moved in in 1966 when the rent was pounds 2 10s a week.
FOR almost 40 years grandmother Irene Hurst has called her rented Litherland house her home.
Both in their late 40s, the Hursts came to Pine Ridge to begin second careers of sorts.
The Hursts take nothing in salary from the donations that come to NAAICE.
HBF International will continue to market and sell under the Sheridan, Ore.-based Hurst's Berry Farm brand with exclusive access to its logo and image.
It turns on the ability of one local tyrant, a political boss named Joe Hurst, to bend the rules of politics his way.