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Frick   /frɪk/   Listen
Frick

noun
1.
United States industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry (1849-1919).  Synonym: Henry Clay Frick.






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"Frick" Quotes from Famous Books



... in 1891, was probably the strongest trade union in the entire history of the American labor movement. Prior to 1889 the relations between the union and the Carnegie firm had been invariably friendly. In January 1889, H.C. Frick, who, as owner of the largest coke manufacturing plant, had acquired a reputation of a bitter opponent of organized labor, became chairman of Carnegie Brothers and Company. In the same year, owing to his assumption of management, ...
— A History of Trade Unionism in the United States • Selig Perlman

... "Doctor Frick, an eminent teacher of medicine in Zurich, Switzerland, and Doctor von Speyer, of the University of Berne, have made statistical studies of cases treated with and without alcohol, and have analyzed the effects of spirits as medicinal ...
— Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why - What Medical Writers Say • Martha M. Allen



Words linked to "Frick" :   Henry Clay Frick, industrialist



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