English Dictionary

Definition of “Dawes”

Dawes (dɔːz )

Charles Gates. 1865–1951, US financier, diplomat, and statesman, who devised the Dawes Plan for German reparations payments after World War I; vice president of the US (1925–29); Nobel peace prize 1925

Although there were only four of them - the three Dawes and Charlotte's boyfriend Martin Davies - they were eating in the dining-room.

Brandon, Ruth Left, Right and Centre

And John Dawes added: "Barry has been taught a salutary lesson and is relieved the sentence was not more severe.

Sun, News of the World (2001)

But Det Garda Dawes said he decided not to arrest him there and then, fearing there would be a scuffle.

Sun, News of the World (2000)

It was all very well being a socialist, thought Martin, if you were as rich as the Dawes.

Brandon, Ruth Left, Right and Centre

The bus then left the station to head north on Dawes Road, carrying double the normal number of riders.

Globe and Mail (2003)

To which the journalist obligingly replied, `Someone stuck a knife in John Dawes.

Brandon, Ruth Left, Right and Centre

``That's the thriving part of our membership base,' Mr Dawes said.

Courier, Sunday Mail (2004)

{ Sunday, 29 July } To June Dawes party at 9, Kent Terrace.

Williams Kenneth & Davies, Russell (ed.) The Kenneth Williams Diaries

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