Donald Robert Perry Marquis (Noun)
Meaning
Humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The humorous tales of Donald Robert Perry Marquis often painted the lives of cockroaches as much more exciting than they really were.
- The writings of Donald Robert Perry Marquis brought joy to many with his amusing musings on the secret lives of cockroaches.
- Donald Robert Perry Marquis, in his vivid imagination, led the cockroach Hector from one incredible escapade to the next.
- Marquis had a way of bringing cockroaches to life in the words of the escapades of Archy the cockroach's poetic aspirations, who tapped out poetry on a keyboard.
- As Donald Robert Perry Marquis expressed, even the cockroaches, such as Archy and Mehitabel, had ambitions and failed marriages just like their human counterparts.