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Skelton

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Skel·ton  (skltn), John 1460?-1529.
English poet and scholar noted for his satires, including Speke Parrot (1521).
Skelton [ˈskɛltən]
n
(Biographies / Skelton, John (?1460-1529) M, English, WRITING: poet) John. ?1460-1529, English poet celebrated for his short rhyming lines using the rhythms of colloquial speech
Skeltonic  adj


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John Skelton lived in the stormy times of Henry VIII, and he is called sometimes our first poet-laureate.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
But Martha Skelton would do everything, and it would be so much cheaper.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
In an old book I find columns of notes about works projected at this time, nearly all to consist of essays on deeply uninteresting subjects; the lightest was to be a volume on the older satirists, beginning with Skelton and Tom Nash - the half of that manuscript still lies in a dusty chest - the only story was about Mary Queen of Scots, who was also the subject of many unwritten papers.
Margaret Ogilvy by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
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