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RUNYON

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Overview

RUNYON (noun)
  The noun RUNYON has 1 sense:

1. United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884-1946)play

  Familiarity information: RUNYON used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


RUNYON (noun)


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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