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hoccleve, thomas

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Hoc·cleve   (hŏk'lēv')   
English poet known for his detailed descriptions of life in medieval London.
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Hoccleve, Thomas

English poet, contemporary and imitator of Chaucer, whose work has little literary merit but much value as social history.

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