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De Quincey

[ di kwin-see ]
/ dɪ ˈkwɪn si /
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noun
Thomas, 1785–1859, English essayist.
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De Quincey
/ (də ˈkwɪnsɪ) /

noun
Thomas. 1785–1859, English critic and essayist, noted particularly for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater (1821)
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