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[ el-mer ] / ˈɛl mər /
nouna male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.” Words nearby Elmerelm, Elman, El Mansura, elm bark beetle, elm blight, Elmer, Elmer Gantry, elm family, Elmhurst, El Minya, Elmira Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ElmerI was driving some back roads near Elmer, N.J., when I came on a kid carrying a dead dog. The Stacks: A Dog Dies, a Boy Grows Up|Pete Dexter|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Check out this 2003 clip in which this soft-spoken Jewish pischer was transformed into Elmer Gantry. McConnell's Fancy Farm Monster Comes Back to Haunt Him|Jonathan Miller|August 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST “You win by fighting—and yeah, by punishing those who break ranks in the face of the enemy,” Elmer tells a protégé. Jason Stanford Reviews "Patriots"|David Frum|May 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST At first Lear thought of making a feature film satirizing Swaggart and his ilk—sort of an updated Elmer Gantry. The Last Unreconstructed Liberal|Lloyd Grove|October 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
This is a country,” says Joe Wilson, “that welcomes the Elmer Gantrys and the snake-oil salesman. Does Anybody Still Like Karl Rove?|Lloyd Grove|March 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST Wait till you see how Elmer teases their heavy batters with that drop of his! The tent was pitched close by, at a point selected by Elmer as the best to be found along that part of the river. Endurance Test|Alan Douglas Elmer, bearing no rancour, flung a last idle query: "Where you going?" "No, and you probably wouldn't for some time," Elmer retorted. On Secret Service|William Nelson Taft It was getting dusk before Elmer and his chum joined the others. Camp Fires of the Wolf Patrol|Alan Douglas
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