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Lardner

American  
[lahrd-ner] / ˈlɑrd nər /

noun

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


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In a memoir Lardner dryly wrote: “We did not speak. It would have been hard for either of us to pick up the thread.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

In Britain, where the family lived for more than a decade, Hannah Weinstein produced movies and television series using blacklisted actors and writers like Ring Lardner Jr. and Ian McLellan Hunter.

From New York Times Mar. 29, 2024

Kise left the megafirm Foley & Lardner to be one of Trump’s attorneys.

From Seattle Times Oct. 16, 2023

As part of the case, Amazon will have a chance to assert pro-competitive justifications for its alleged conduct, said antitrust lawyer Diane Hazel of law firm Foley & Lardner.

From Reuters Sep. 27, 2023

My favorite author is my brother D.B., and my next favorite is Ring Lardner.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

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