Gable, Clark
(1901–60) a US film actor who appeared in many films especially in the 1930s and 1940s, and was known for being sexually attractive. He is most famous for appearing as the character Rhett butler in Gone with the Wind (1939), and his other films include It Happened One Night (1934) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).

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ga‧ble /ˈɡeɪbəl/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Old Norse gafl]
the upper end of a house wall where it joins with a sloping roof and makes a shape like a triangle:
the gable end of the barn

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