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Hesperus

[hes-per-uhs] / ˈhɛs pər əs /
NOUN
evening star
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The housing association installed the locks, designed to improve security in the block on Hesperus Crossway following a Police Scotland recommendation, in November last year.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2025

Their own party looks like the wreck of the Hesperus.

From Fox News Feb. 4, 2020

Hesperus is no doubt courting controversy by picking the reviled human-rights violator’s work as the first title for its imprint focusing on “Eastern” literature, the Guardian notes.

From Washington Post Jul. 12, 2016

Source: Corbis "You look like the Wreck of the Hesperus," my mother used to exclaim irritably, when I came in from play looking particularly dishevelled.

From The Guardian Aug. 16, 2010

The napkin storm abated, the Hesperus stopped sinking, and everyone looked down.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood




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