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Houghton

[ US /ˈhaʊtən, ˈhɔtən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula
  2. United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895)

How To Use Houghton In A Sentence

  • Climate change in the same breath as greed and consumption, sounds like our man (as was) at the IPCC, Houghton, who believed that emissions reductions would save the planet from mankind's 'greed and indifference '. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
  • Mr Pearce makes only passing reference to what is, for many, Walpole's outstanding monument: the magnificent Palladian house he built at Houghton in Norfolk.
  • Houghton's plays dealt with revolt against parental authority and generational conflict.
  • My colleague, Lord Houghton, introduced a bill in the House of Lords to make this illegal.
  • Plans to transform waste ground in Westhoughton into a residential area have been given a cautious welcome.
  • Chelsea and Aston Villa were involved in a tug of war for Liverpool's Ray Houghton last night.
  • Mr. Anesko declares May 4 a holiday for James scholars, for it was on that day in 1973 that Edel's trust was busted and the librarian at the Houghton rescinded all "the encumbering regulations that for so long prevented scores of researchers from accessing these desirable resources. The Afterlife of the Lion
  • Houghton-le-Spring, in the occupation of a pitman. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.
  • She was hit in the leg with two pellets from the shotgun blast during the robbery at Barclay's Bank, Westhoughton, five years ago.
  • A businessman and a property developer are believed to be in a head-to-head race to buy the Westhoughton stadium.
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