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DAMON RUNYON
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• DAMON RUNYON (noun)
The noun DAMON RUNYON has 1 sense:
1. United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884-1946)
Familiarity information: DAMON RUNYON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884-1946)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Alfred Damon Runyon; Damon Runyon; Runyon
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Context examples
The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing cancer research.
(Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, NCI Thesaurus)
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