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Leveresque, a.|liːvəˈrɛsk|
[f. the name of Charles Lever (1806–72), Irish novelist.]
Characteristic of the novels of Charles Lever in matter or style. Also ˈLeverish a.
1903Westm. Gaz. 18 Mar. 4/2 There are some good stories, old or new, told in a racy and Leverish style. 1905Daily Chron. 15 June 3/1 Of Anglo-Irish lords, of Leveresque landowners, of eighteenth-century spend⁓thrifts. 1922Glasgow Herald 6 June 3 The Leveresque pictures of Irish life. |