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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

gurney

/ˈɡɝni/

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What does gurney mean?

noun

  1. A stretcher having wheeled legs.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɡɝni/

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Mr. Gurney submits his plates to a gentle heat from a spirit lamp just before exposing them to the vapor of iodine.
S. D. (Samuel Dwight) HumphreyAmerican Hand Book of the DaguerreotypeProject Gutenberg ebook #167
How should a sect ever be forgotten, to which have belonged three such men as George Fox, William Penn, and Joseph Gurney?
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
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Chief Baron Pigott who also knew it presided in the long trial Bartlett v. Lewis, Overend, Gurney, etc., and seemed much surprised at a chess allusion.
H. E. (Henry Edward) BirdChess History and ReminiscencesProject Gutenberg ebook #4902
Myers and Gurney, ran into hundreds of cases.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Vital MessageProject Gutenberg ebook #439
He himself used to attribute the interest which he early felt in this question to the influence of Priscilla Gurney, one of the Earlham family,—a woman of a fine intellect and warm heart, abounding in illustrious virtues.
Samuel SmilesSelf Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and PerseveranceProject Gutenberg ebook #935