JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
\d͡ʒˈe͡ɪmz wˈɪtkə͡ʊm ɹˈa͡ɪli], \dʒˈeɪmz wˈɪtkəʊm ɹˈaɪli], \dʒ_ˈeɪ_m_z w_ˈɪ_t_k_əʊ_m ɹ_ˈaɪ_l_i]\
Definitions of JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1910 - Warner's dictionary of authors ancient and modern
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An American poet; born at Greenfield, Ind., about 1853. In 1875 he began to contribute to local papers verses in the Hoosier dialect, and latterly he has published numerous dialect and serious poems in magazines. His collected works include: "The Old Swimmin' Hole and 'Leven More Poems" (1883); "The Boss Girl and Other Sketches" (1886); "Afterwhiles" (1888); "Pipes o' Pan at Zekesbury" (1889); "Green Fields and Running Brooks" (1893); "Poems Here at Home"; and "Armarzindy: A Child World"; "A Defective Santa Claus"; "Raggedy Man".
By Charles Dudley Warner
