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JOHN IRVING
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• JOHN IRVING (noun)
The noun JOHN IRVING has 1 sense:
1. United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942)
Familiarity information: JOHN IRVING used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Irving; John Irving
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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