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Parker's cement(dictionary)

laker (iou) and Parker, Dorothy (oh)


laker (iou)



laker noun. In senses 1, 2 also Laker. L18.
[from LAKE noun2 + -ER1.]
A visitor to the English Lake District. L18-E19.
A Lake poet. arch. colloq. E19.
A fish living in or taken from a lake; spec. = lake trout (b) s.v. LAKE noun2. N. Amer. E19.
A person accustomed to sailing on a lake. M19.
A boat constructed for sailing on the Great Lakes of N. America. L19.

Parker, Dorothy (oh)



(1893-1967) a US writer of poetry and short stories, who also wrote reviews of books, plays etc for magazines such as The New Yorker. She was one of the main members of the Algonquin Round Table, a group of writers who met regularly at a hotel in New York City. She is famous especially for her many clever and funny sayings in which she criticized US society and well-known people.