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Gorey

[ gawr-ee ]

noun

  1. Edward (St. John), 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.


Gorey

/ ˈɡɔːrɪ /

noun

  1. GoreyEdward St John19952000MUSWRITING: author Edward St John . 1925–2000, US illustrator and author, noted for his bizarre humour in such works as The Unstrung Harp (1953) and The Wuggly Ump (1963)


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Bechdel grew up in Pennsylvania inspired by Tintin, Mad magazine, and the work of the writer and artist Edward Gorey.

They reveal him as a talented cartoonist and caricaturist, reminiscent of Ralph Steadman and Edward Gorey.

The hospice blonde was succeeded by an older woman with a long plume in her hair, as if in an Edward Gorey drawing.

The outline of the castle and its rock is remarkably fine, and reminded us of Gorey in Jersey.

Our men (in a former engagement) kept the town of Gorey when the rest of the army left them.

A girl and a boy lay in a cubby-hole in the north side of the cliff overlooking Port Gorey, and watched the goings-on down below.

For landing at Port Gorey was at times a matter requiring both nerve and muscle.

If the farm were sold the money would all go into those gaping black mouths and bottomless pits at Port Gorey.

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