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Hen·der·son

(hĕn′dər-sən)

A city of southeast Nevada southeast of Las Vegas, founded in 1942.

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Henderson

(ˈhɛndəsən)

(Biography) Arthur. 1863–1935, British Labour politician. As foreign secretary (1929–31) he supported the League of Nations and international disarmament; Nobel peace prize 1934

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Hen•der•son

(ˈhɛn dər sən)

n.

a city in SE Nevada, near Las Vegas. 122,339.

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"It will give the strike a black eye, especially if Henderson croaks," he worried, when he came home.

Twice that evening Billy left the house to find out if Henderson was dead yet.

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Olaf Henderson and French Louis, partners together on Bone Creek, were the two largest men in the country, and though they were but half a head taller than the newcomer, between them he was dwarfed completely.

"An' he is der boy to do it, eh, Louis?" said Olaf Henderson.

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One of the hunters, a tall, loose-jointed chap named Henderson, was going aft at the time from the steerage (the name the hunters facetiously gave their midships sleeping quarters) to the cabin.

Then I saw Henderson leaping like a madman for the main rigging, up which he shot, on the inside, till he was many feet higher than my head.

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In the background stood Henderson, the perfect butler.

"Henderson, you, perhaps, have the most difficult task, for you have the servants to control.

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For a long time Ona had seen that Miss Henderson, the forelady in her department, did not like her.

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And so Michael was ultimately sold to one Jacob Henderson for two thousand dollars.

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That sobered him a little; and when he saw Henderson, the London journalist, in his garden, he called over the palings and made himself understood.

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As Will Henderson stood at the bar looking at the red hands and talking of women, his assistant, George Willard, sat in the office of the Winesburg Eagle and listened to the talk of Doctor Parcival.