Lardner

American  

[lahrd-ner] / ˈlɑrd nər /

noun

1. Ring(gold Wilmer) 1885–1933, U.S. short-story writer and journalist.

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Lardner British  

/ ˈlɑːdnə /

noun

1. Ring ( old Wilmer ). 1885–1933, US short-story writer and journalist, whose best-known works are collected in How to Write Short Stories (1924) and The Love Nest (1926)

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Example Sentences

When the strike turned to dust a project Donal Lardner Ward was pitching, he decided to dust off what he called the 40-year “elephant in the room.”

From Los Angeles Times

This is legal reasoning worthy of the Ring Lardner character: Shut up, he explained.

From Washington Post

The new rules "get us at least a little bit closer to where we need to go," said Sunny Levine, a telehealth and behavioral health lawyer at the firm Foley & Lardner, headquartered in Milwaukee.

From Salon

On the final day of the hearings, writers Lester Cole and Ring Lardner Jr. also refused to cooperate.

From Washington Post

“Companies don’t want to do this,” said Michael Walsh, a partner at the law firm Foley & Lardner and a former Commerce Department chief of staff.

From Los Angeles Times