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TOBIN
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• TOBIN (noun)
The noun TOBIN has 1 sense:
1. United States economist (1918-2002)
Familiarity information: TOBIN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States economist (1918-2002)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
James Tobin; Tobin
Instance hypernyms:
economic expert; economist (an expert in the science of economics)
Context examples
Tobin, the caretaker, was murdered, and the thieves got away with seven thousand pounds.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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