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Marks and Sparks

Marks and Sparks proper noun: the retailer Marks & Spencer.

Proper noun

Marks and Sparks

  1. (UK, colloquial) The retailer Marks & Spencer.
    • He’d thought of going into Marks and Sparks, but now he thought he’d go across and into Woolworth’s.1961, J. I. M. Stewart, The Man Who Won The Pools, W. W. Norton & Company, page 13
    • And Wendy's stealing clothes from Marks and Sparks1972, “All the Young Dudes”, in David Bowie (lyrics), All the Young Dudes, performed by Mott The Hoople

Questions about Marks and Sparks

What does Marks and Sparks mean?
Marks and Sparks means the retailer Marks & Spencer.
What part of speech is Marks and Sparks?
Marks and Sparks is a proper noun.

Words near Marks and Sparks in the dictionary

  1. Markowskis
  2. markproof
  3. markry
  4. marks
  5. Marks & Sparks
  6. Marks and Sparks
  7. marks as
  8. marks down
  9. marks down as
  10. marks of admiration
  11. Marks of Cain

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