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Definition of Liston
1. Noun. United States prizefighter who lost his world heavyweight championship to Cassius Clay in 1964 (1932-1970).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Liston
Literary usage of Liston
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide to the Materials in London Archives for the History of the United by Charles Oscar Paullin, Frederic Logan Paxson (1914)
"The new minister, Robert Liston, presented his credentials May 16. ... Liston took
leave about November 27, 1800, leaving Edward Thornton as charge ..."
2. State Trials of the United States During the Administrations of Washington by Francis Wharton (1849)
"And in his letter to Mr. Hammond concerning Chisholm's voyage, Mr. Liston said
he had intimated the necessity of paying for his passage back to America ..."
3. English Eccentrics and Eccentricities by John Timbs (1866)
"Liston IN TRAGEDY. Play-goers of the present century narrate the early seriousness
of Liston, the comedian, and his subsequent turn for tragedy ; which may ..."
4. Letters of Eminent Persons, Addressed to David Hume by John Hill Burton (1849)
"Mr. Liston the tutor of his sons. — Expectations regarding his sons. ... I have
told Mr. Liston for some weeks to keep the boys at their Latin, ..."
5. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1856)
"[Mr. Erichsen said there did not appear to be any absolute certainty as to the
exact mode in which Mr. Liston held the knife in lithotomy, but he believed ..."
6. Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830 by John Genest (1832)
"Lingo = Liston. 9. Liston acted Dominie Sampson, and Neddy Bray. 11. Mrs.
Liston (whom the London newspapers killed upon Saturday last) will have ..."
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