Quiller-Couch

[ kwil-er-kooch ]

noun
  1. Sir Arthur Thomas "Q", 1863–1944, English novelist and critic.

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How to use Quiller-Couch in a sentence

  • They show (as his books scarcely show) that Mr. Quiller-Couch can feel.

    The Splendid Spur | Arthur T. Quiller Couch
  • Mr. Quiller-Couch is so unlike Mr. Kipling that one immediately wants to compare them.

    The Splendid Spur | Arthur T. Quiller Couch
  • Mr. Quiller-Couch almost entirely avoids such attempts, and even Mr. Conan Doyle only dips into them timidly.

    The Splendid Spur | Arthur T. Quiller Couch
  • Mr. Quiller-Couch is always at his best when describing his native county of Cornwall.

British Dictionary definitions for Quiller-Couch

Quiller-Couch

/ (ˌkwɪləˈkuːtʃ) /


noun
  1. Sir Arthur (Thomas), known as Q . 1863–1944, British critic and novelist, who edited the Oxford Book of English Verse (1900)

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