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SILVERSTEIN
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• SILVERSTEIN (noun)
The noun SILVERSTEIN has 1 sense:
1. United States poet and cartoonist remembered for his stories and poems for children (1932-1999)
Familiarity information: SILVERSTEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States poet and cartoonist remembered for his stories and poems for children (1932-1999)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Shel Silverstein; Shelby Silverstein; Silverstein
Instance hypernyms:
cartoonist (a person who draws cartoons)
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
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