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JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
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• JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY (noun)
The noun JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY has 1 sense:
1. United States poet (1849-1916)
Familiarity information: JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States poet (1849-1916)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
James Whitcomb Riley; Riley
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
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