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Definition of Edgar Guest
1. Noun. United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Edgar Guest
Literary usage of Edgar Guest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Poets of Today by Howard Willard Cook (1918)
"Edgar Guest There is nothing pretentious about the writings of Edgar Guest, but
he handles so ably themes of everyday that he has been rightly called "the ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"Guest, Edgar A., Home Rhymes. Just Glad Things. Edgar Guest. Hasluck, PN.
Violins and other stringed instruments. ..."
3. The Bookman's Manual: A Guide to Literature by Bessie Graham (1921)
"Imitators of "The Hoosier Poet" have been many, Sam Walter Foss and Edgar Guest
being the best known. No one can be said to have inherited Riley's public ..."
4. Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918 by Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1920)
"There were a few stanzas in the Boston Herald yesterday, written by Edgar Guest,
that convey something of the sentiment of the letters that come from the ..."
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