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Definition of Ring Lardner
1. Noun. United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933).
Generic synonyms: Humorist, Humourist, Author, Writer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ring Lardner
Literary usage of Ring Lardner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our American Humorists by Thomas Lansing Masson (1922)
"And, among these, not the least is Ring Lardner. Mr. Lardner once told me that
his success as a writer could be summed up in two words: he "listened hard. ..."
2. Our American Humorists by Thomas Lansing Masson (1922)
"And, among these, not the least is Ring Lardner. Mr. Lardner once told me that
his success as a writer could be summed up in two words: he "listened hard. ..."
3. A Parody Outline of History by Donald Ogden Stewart (1921)
"CHAPTER FIVE THE SPIRIT OF '75 LETTERS OF A MINUTE MAN In the Manner of Ring
Lardner Friend Ethen— Well Ethen you will be surprised OK to hear I & the wife ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"She was no sooner gone than a gentleman JOHN VA WEAVER, recently called "the Ring
Lardner of American Poetry," has a ..."
5. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1926 It even began to crop up in the fiction of others than Ring Lardner And the
meaning Aline had to jump at, knowing nothing, get instinctively or not at ..."
6. Dogdom: Monthly (1920)
"His puppies have been creating quite a sensation in Chicago, so he should continue
to be in great demand. Ring Lardner, owned by ..."
7. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by John William Cunliffe, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1922)
"... to give Irvin S. without caring at all because the broker Cobb and Ring Lardner
a run for their thought I had stolen it. fame. tl was a humorist—not ..."
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