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Definition of Oliver Hardy
1. Noun. United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oliver Hardy
Literary usage of Oliver Hardy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and by William Richard Cutter (1908)
"(IV) Oliver Hardy, son of Thomas Hardy (3), born in Bradford, March 14, 1724,
died "a young ... (V) Oliver Hardy, son of Oliver Hardy (4), born about 1750, ..."
2. A History of Bradford, Vermont, Containing Some Account of the Place of Its by Silas McKeen (1875)
"Deacon Oliver Hardy died at Bradford, Vt., August 1st, 1867, aged eighty-seven
years, ten months and twelve ... Mrs. Sally J., widow of Deacon Oliver Hardy; ..."
3. History of Lebanon, N.H., 1761-1887 by Charles Algernon Downs (1908)
"Daniel Hardy, Oliver Hardy, Johnson Huntington, Ziba Hough, David Hough, David, Jr.
Hebbard, Silas Hough, Asel Hough, Clement Hough, Daniel Hough, ..."
4. Test Case: Italy, Ethiopia, and the League of Nations by George W. Baer (1976)
"... his private secretaries, Robert Hankey (thirty, son of Cabinet Secretary
Maurice Hankey) and, after January 1936, Oliver Hardy (forty-two). ..."
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