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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- Leacock, Stephen Butler 1869-1944. Canadian economist who is best remembered for his humorous writing, contained in volumes such as Literary Lapses (1910) and Nonsense Novels (1911).
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- n. Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944)
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Examples
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Whereas “Echoes of the Holocaust” is an event by the SSMU club Choose Life scheduled for Tuesday October 6 at 6 pm in Leacock 232;
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Leacock is a great choice for the One Shot World Tour.
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Stephen Leacock is famous in Canada, a sort of Canadian Mark Twain.
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Stephen Leacock is a humorist of international fame.
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Today’s lecture, which will present abortion parallel to the atrocities of the Holocaust, is scheduled to take place this evening from six to eight p.m. in Leacock 232.
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In this, as in other respects, Dr. Leacock is unique.
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Ian was hilarious in accepting the award on Mark's behalf and reminded us all that winning the Leacock is a life-changing event for any writer.
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What is it about Canada that breeds wit, even in a trained economist such as Leacock?
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The 75-year-old Mr. Blank, visiting the East Coast from his Berkeley, Calif., home for the recent Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, comes to MoMA on Friday to screen rare films and works-in-progress, including "How to Smell a Rose," about a fellow traveler, the late documentary pioneer Ricky Leacock.
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The 16mm, hand-held cameras enabled what came to be known as location-based "direct cinema", pioneered in the US by film-makers such as Richard Leacock and in France by Jean Rouche.
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