Definition of H. l. mencken

1. Noun. United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956).

Exact synonyms: Henry Louis Mencken, Mencken
Generic synonyms: Journalist, Literary Critic

Lexicographical Neighbors of H. L. Mencken

H-bombs
H-hour
H-hours
H-protein lipoyltransferase
H-shape vertebrae
H-shaped
H-tetanase
H.E.
H.M.S. Bounty
H.P.
H. G. Wells
H. H. Munro
H. J. Eysenck
H. L. Mencken
H. pylori
H1-related protein-tyrosine phosphatase
H1N1
H2H
H2O
H2Q
H2 antagonist
H2 blocker
H2 histocompatibility
H5N1
HA
HA-MRSA
HA-tag
HA1 virus

Literary usage of H. l. mencken

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

1. The Profession of Journalism: A Collection of Articles on Newspaper Editing by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer (1918)
"... MORALS BY HL MENCKEN ASPIRING, toward the end of my nonage, to the black robes of a dramatic critic, I took counsel with an ancient whose service went ..."

2. The Borzoi 1920: Being a Sort of Record of Five Years' Publishing by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc (1920)
"... WILLA CATHER By HL Mencken If the United States ever becomes civilized and develops a literature, no doubt the Middle West will be the scene of the ..."

3. Contemporary American Literature: Bibliographies and Study Outlines by John Matthews Manly, Edith Rickert (1922)
"Editor since 1914 of The Smart Set (with HL Mencken, qv). BIBLIOGRAPHY Europe After 8:15 ... (With HL Mencken, qv). The Theatre, the Drama, the Girls. 1921. ..."

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