Leacock

American  

[lee-kok] / ˈli kɒk /

noun

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

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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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Example Sentences

King won the RBC Taylor prize for non-fiction for his book The Inconvenient Indian, in 2014, and the Stephen Leacock memorial medal for humour for his work Indians on Vacation, in 2020.

From BBC

While the police investigation into her continued, her latest novel, The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour, was shortlisted for a Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, one of the oldest literary prizes in Canada.

From BBC

"He wrote for eight hours almost every day," his friend Victoria Leacock once recalled.

From BBC

My favorite early-20th-century humor writer was Stephen Leacock, a joyful misanthrope who found much to lampoon in human behavior, particularly the overheated prose in Victorian drama.

From Washington Post

Menapace, Leacock’s collaborator, said the biggest issue they were now grappling with was how to create a sense of pace and suspense.

From New York Times