Quiller-Couch

American  

[kwil-er-kooch] / ˈkwɪl ərˈkutʃ /

noun

1. Sir Arthur Thomas Q, 1863–1944, English novelist and critic.

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Quiller-Couch British  

/ ˌkwɪləˈkuːtʃ /

noun

1. Sir Arthur ( Thomas ), known as Q . 1863–1944, British critic and novelist, who edited the Oxford Book of English Verse (1900)

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Example Sentences

Said learned Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Edward VII Professor of English Literature at Cambridge since 1912: "I had no idea of its origin."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, 80, dean of English belle-lettrists, two months after he was hit by a jeep; in Fowey, Cornwall.

From Time Magazine Archive

By Arthur Quiller-Couch This is the story of a very distinguished member of the London Fire Brigade—the dog Chance.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories by Patten, William

But that can only be if in filling his notebook with these little comedies and tragedies Mr. Quiller-Couch is preparing for more sustained efforts.

From The Splendid Spur by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

"It would be dreadful to read of the sudden death of Quiller-Couch from apoplectic pride or to hear that Hilaire Belloc or Max Beerbohm had burst with exultation in his bath."

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton