What is another word for houghton?

Pronunciation: [hˈɔːtən] (IPA)

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Usage examples for Houghton

Lord houghton says that it is incomprehensible how we can live in such Simeon Stylites fashion, as we often do, all alone-but the fact is we never are alone when alone.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
Be that as it may, all agree with Lord houghton, who laughed at the phrase, that we know how "to have a good time."
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
Boston: houghton Mifflin Company, 1935. Lord, Russell.
"Frying Pan Farm"
Elizabeth Brown Pryor

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