: a tall iced drink of soda water, sugar, lemon or lime juice, and liquor (such as gin)
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Billy 1941– William Collins American poet; poet laureate (2001–03)
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Francis S(ellers) 1950– American geneticist
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Michael 1890–1922 Irish revolutionary
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Michael 1930–2021 American astronaut
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William 1721–1759 English poet
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(William) Wilkie 1824–1889 English novelist
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