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WILKIE COLLINS
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• WILKIE COLLINS (noun)
The noun WILKIE COLLINS has 1 sense:
1. English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
Familiarity information: WILKIE COLLINS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Collins; Wilkie Collins; William Wilkie Collins
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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