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Irish writer of novels and poetry and plays and essays (1728-1774)
• Syn: ↑Goldsmith
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(c. 1730–74) an Irish writer of plays, novels and poetry. His best-known works are the play ↑She Stoops to Conquer and the novel ↑Vicar of Wakefield. He was a close friend of Samuel Johnson and one of the group of writers living in 18th–century London known as the Club.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.