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Leary   /lˈɪri/   Listen
Leary

noun
1.
United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996).  Synonyms: Tim Leary, Timothy Francis Leary, Timothy Leary.






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"Leary" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the church, and comprised the Gregorian Requiem Mass, Miss Nellie M. McGowan, organist. The twelve pall-bearers were Colonel P. T. Hanley, Frank Ford, John J. Kennedy, M. H. Farrell, Thomas Kelly, E. J. Lynch, James McCormack, Thomas O'Leary, James B. Hand, William S. McGowan, John Reardon and Timothy McCarthy. Mount Calvary Cemetery was the place selected for the interment. In His Grace Archbishop Williams' vault the body will repose until the completion of work now in progress on a lot specially intended for Father O'Brien. ...
— Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 • Various

... Patrick was preaching to Leary, the heathen King of Tara in Ireland hoping to turn him into a Christian. The king listened attentively, but he was puzzled by St. Patrick's account of the Trinity. "Stop," said the king. "How can there be three Gods in one and only one God ...
— Woodland Tales • Ernest Seton-Thompson

... London Bill, a gleam of admiration in his beady gimlet eye. "Well, I never squeal, an' only put the question to try you out. Go on, an' tell me what it is an' where it is; whether I go into the job or not, at least you've nothin' to be leary ...
— The President - A novel • Alfred Henry Lewis



Words linked to "Leary" :   Tim Leary, psychologist



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