Definition of Don Marquis

1. Noun. Humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937).

Exact synonyms: Donald Robert Perry Marquis, Marquis
Generic synonyms: Humorist, Humourist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Don Marquis

Dominicanism
Dominicans
Dominick
Dominicus
Dominion
Dominion Day
Dominique
Domitian
Domodedovo
Domokos
Don
Don Budge
Don Juans
Don Luchino Visconti Conte di Modrone
Don Marquis (current term)
Don Quixote
Don Quixotes
Don River
Donaher
Donald
Donald Arthur Glaser
Donald Barthelme
Donald Ducks
Donald Glaser
Donald Robert Perry Marquis
Donaldism
Donaldson
Donar

Literary usage of Don Marquis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Essays by Christopher Morley (1921)
"THE ALMOST PERFECT STATE By Don Marquis Don Marquis is a real name, ... when one considers that every now and then they develop a writer like Don Marquis. ..."

2. Our American Humorists by Thomas Lansing Masson (1922)
"CHAPTER XXIV Don Marquis SOME of those friends of America who look at us from the outside have expressed the opinion that Don Marquis is the best writer of ..."

3. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"... trite give me relief I Don Marquis. O Webster! lend me words to voice my grief Bitter as quassia, quass or kumquat peel! For I am sad . . . bound on the ..."

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