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Definition of Maugham
1. Noun. English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories (1874-1965).
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maugham
Literary usage of Maugham
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theatre, the Drama, the Girls by George Jean Nathan (1921)
"Somerset Maugham.—Once again in "Caesar's Wife" (nee "Made in Heaven") we ...
The theatrical Maugham remains still the novelist of the latter work: he is as ..."
2. The Drama and the Stage by Ludwig Lewisohn (1922)
"Somerset Maugham Himself FOR several centuries the drama has been the outcast of
... Mr. Maugham has had the example of Shaw and of Galsworthy and of the ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery in the by Francis Vesey, Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Beames (1818)
"... sell and apply the Maugham v. MASON. CHARLES Pryor, being seised of Freehold
Chambers ^ m £,,•„i.„/„•, Inn by his yr dated the 16th of n74. devised (hem ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Harp W 60:347 Ap 10 '15 Kelly, Ren«e (Irene Kelly) S. Maugham, il Int Portrait.
Am M 79:43 Ap '15 Kelly, Sarah Hammond Echo of sweet laughter In the hills; ..."
5. Comedians All by George Jean Nathan (1919)
"W. SOMERSET Maugham park policeman out of the corners of its eyes. ... 45 W.
Somerset Maugham.—It is one of the characteristics of W. Somerset Maugham's ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1829)
"By WILLIAM Maugham, Surgeon, Lecturer on Chemistry and Materia Medica, &c. &c.
pp. 452. 12mo. London: Tilt. 1828. THE extensive ramifications of chemical ..."
7. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"Maugham qui tarn v. Walker, Peake, 164. PENALTY. Where a person binds himself in
an agreement to pay a certain sum of money in case of a breach of the terms ..."
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