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Leacock

American  
[lee-kok] / ˈli kɒk /

noun

  1. Stephen (Butler), 1869–1944, Canadian humorist and economist.


Leacock British  
/ ˈliːkɒk /

noun

  1. Stephen Butler. 1869–1944, Canadian humorist and economist: his comic works include Literary Lapses (1910) and Frenzied Fiction (1917)

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"There will be plenty of people like me who will be just above that threshold. But we're still having to heat the whole house with just our pension," Leacock said.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

For that, look to the films of Robert Drew, who, along with associates like Richard Leacock and D.A.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2020

In the late 1950s, Pennebaker formed the production company Drew Associates with the director Richard Leacock and the former Life magazine editor Robert Drew.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2019

Pennebaker and Richard Leacock left Drew Associates in 1963 to form their own production company.

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2019

From a recent article by Professor Leacock we learn that some twenty years ago there was a considerable change in the Canadian schools and universities.

From Cambridge Essays on Education by Various