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Definition of Don Marquis
1. Noun. Humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Don Marquis
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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