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  • adjective Of or pertaining to Philip Larkin (1922–1985), English poet and novelist.

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Larkin +‎ -ian

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Examples

  • Their omission suggests a rather Larkinian polemic, part of the Englishness of this book, which is a fine but not a full performance by one of our best poet-critics.

    Expecting Rain 2008

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