Definition of Leacock

1. Noun. Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Leacock

Le Fort
Le Fort's amputation
Le Fort III craniofacial dysjunction
Le Fort III fracture
Le Fort II fracture
Le Fort I fracture
Le Fort osteotomy
Le Fort sound
Le Gallienne
Le God
Le Havre
Le Mans
Le Notre
Le Verrier
Le antigens
Leacock (current term)
Leadbelly
Leader of the Opposition
Leaders of the Opposition
League Championship Series
League of Iroquois
League of Nations
League of Red Cross Societies
Leah
Leahy
Leakey
Leamington
Leander
Leaning Tower
Leaning Tower of Pisa

Literary usage of Leacock

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)
"CHAPTER XXI STEPHEN Leacock WITHOUT this dishonorable explanation issued as'a mean method of circumventing critics, I should probably receive a number of ..."

2. Modern Essays by John Milton Berdan, John Richie Schultz, Hewette Elwell Joyce (1915)
"But whereas Lang is serious and a trifle heavy, Mr. Leacock is humorous and ... If Lang limits his audience by his pedantry, does not Mr. Leacock limit his ..."

3. The Warner Library by Charles Dudley Warner, Harry Morgan Ayres, John William Cunliffe, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1917)
"STEPHEN Leacock (1869-) BY BK SANDWELL TEPHEN BUTLER Leacock, humorist and ... 1869, the son of WP Leacock of Oak Hill, and Agnes, daughter of the Rev. ..."

4. A Biographical History of Lancaster County: Being a History of Early by Alexander Harris (1872)
"There was also Isaac Eby, of Leacock township, father of Major Christian Eby, ... Jacob S. Eby, who resides on a farm in Upper Leacock township, ..."

5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"S. Leacock. Bookm 41: 159-78 Ap '15 Dickerson, Oliver Morton, 1875- Shall visit and search be waived? New Repub 3:198-300 Je 26 '15 Dickey, Donald Ryder ..."

6. Modern Essays for Schools by Christopher Morley (1921)
"THE DECLINE OF THE DRAMA By STEPHEN Leacock Nineteen hundred and ten was an important ... First humorous book, I said, for Mr. Leacock— who is professor of ..."

7. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1899)
"... 791 Hempfield Township 806 Martick Township 811 Londonderry Township 818 Leacock Township 822 Brecknock Township 830 Bart Township 833 Bethel Township, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Leacock on Dictionary.com!Search for Leacock on Thesaurus.com!Search for Leacock on Google!Search for Leacock on Wikipedia!

Search