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MacSpaunday

/məkˈspɔːndeɪ/

MacSpaunday proper noun: the four poets Louis MacNeice, Stephen Spender, W. H. Auden, and Cecil Day-Lewis, who shared certain left-wing views and produced important works in the 1930s.

Proper noun

MacSpaunday

  1. The four poets Louis MacNeice, Stephen Spender, W. H. Auden, and Cecil Day-Lewis, who shared certain left-wing views and produced important works in the 1930s.

Origin of MacSpaunday

A blend of the four poets' names; coined by Roy Campbell in Talking Bronco (1946).

Questions about MacSpaunday

What does MacSpaunday mean?
MacSpaunday means the four poets Louis MacNeice, Stephen Spender, W. H. Auden, and Cecil Day-Lewis, who shared certain left-wing views and produced important works in the 1930s.
What part of speech is MacSpaunday?
MacSpaunday is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce MacSpaunday?
MacSpaunday is pronounced /məkˈspɔːndeɪ/.

Words near MacSpaunday in the dictionary

  1. macrurans
  2. macruroid
  3. macrurous
  4. macs
  5. Macs Cove
  6. MacSpaunday
  7. MacTaggart
  8. MacTaggarts
  9. Mactan
  10. Mactard
  11. Mactards

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