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Smollett

American  
[smol-it] / ˈsmɒl ɪt /

noun

  1. Tobias George, 1721–71, English novelist.


Smollett British  
/ ˈsmɒlɪt /

noun

  1. Tobias George. 1721–71, Scottish novelist, whose picaresque satires include Roderick Random (1748), Peregrine Pickle (1751), and Humphry Clinker (1771)

"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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There was no merrier illustration of the varieties of human experience than this runaway French hit, which was, like “Don Quixote,” translated into English by Smollett in 1748.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Jussie Smollett gives police, external a PDF file of his phone records, after they had originally asked for his phone and he'd refused.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

Smollett has always maintained he was innocent and the victim of a crime - something the judges do not address in the court document.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

The rapper 50 Cent, who had previously come out in support of Jussie Smollett, posts a picture on Instagram - since deleted - referencing the actor's "gay Tupac" comment.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

Smollett wrote here "Count Fathom," "Clinker," and "Launcelot Greaves," and finished Hume's "England."

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

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