Woollcott

American  

[wool-kuht] / ˈwʊl kət /

noun

1. Alexander, 1887–1943, U.S. essayist and journalist.

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Woollcott British  

/ ˈwʊlkɒt /

noun

1. Alexander. 1887–1943, US writer and critic. His collected essays include Shouts and Murmurs (1922)

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Example Sentences

Marx also shares memorable encounters with towering figures of the day, including critic Alexander Woollcott, the wits of the Algonquin Round Table, Howard Hughes and pianist and neurotic wit Oscar Levant.

From Washington Post

Alexander Woollcott, another Algonquin Round Table regular, and typically one of its nastier ones, was out of the country when it opened.

From New York Times

And the 1940s setting came to her after reading a collection of essays by Alexander Woollcott, a midcentury critic for The New Yorker, in which he profiled a series of prominent actresses.

From Seattle Times

Alexander Woollcott, the taste-making critic at the New Yorker, recruited Harpo to join the famed gathering of wits around the Algonquin Round Table.

From Washington Post

Nike’s new Dream Crazy campaign features high schooler Alicia Woollcott of Michigan, with the lines, “Don’t settle for homecoming queen. Or linebacker. Do both.”

From Washington Times