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H. L. Mencken

Definition: H. L. Mencken

H. L. Mencken

Noun

1. United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Modern Usage: H. L. Mencken

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Clever

On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women. (references; author: H. L. Mencken)

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it. (references; author: H. L. Mencken)

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Commercial Usage: H. L. Mencken

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Books

  • Mencken's last campaign : H. L. Mencken on the 1948 election (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Familiar Quotations: H. L. Mencken

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H. L. Mencken

On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women.
Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.

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Anagrams: H. L. Mencken

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters ".-.-c-e-e-h-k-l-m-n-n"

-5 letters: heckle, kennel.

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Alternative Orthography: H. L. Mencken


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 2E      4C 2E      4D 65 6E 63 6B 65 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 00101110 00100000 01001100 00101110 00100000 01001101 01100101 01101110 01100011 01101011 01100101 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#46 &#32 &#76 &#46 &#32 &#77 &#101 &#110 &#99 &#107 &#101 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 002E      004C 002E      004D 0065 006E 0063 006B 0065 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

421624616247718069777180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Familiar
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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