GILBERT ABBOTT A BECKETT
\ɡˈɪlbət ˈabət ɐ bˈɛkɪt], \ɡˈɪlbət ˈabət ɐ bˈɛkɪt], \ɡ_ˈɪ_l_b_ə_t ˈa_b_ə_t ɐ b_ˈɛ_k_ɪ_t]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
An English humorist (1811-56). An original founder of Punch (1841), and author of the "Comic Blackstone", one of the cleverest burlesques in the language (London, 1845); he also published a "Comic History of England" (1848); "Quizziology of the British Drama" (1846), and more than 50 plays, some of which still keep the stage.
By Charles Dudley Warner
Word of the day
Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.